Monday, February 4, 2008

Broccoli soup




Soup is my kids favourite dish which will be with less karam.In my view soup has all nutrients it is also a very good appetizer.

Ingredients:

Broccoli - 1 cup(pieces)
Onion - 1/2 the medium sized
Tomato - 2 medium sized
Green chilly - 1 no
Cinnamon - 1 teaspoon
Pepper (powder)- 1/2 teaspoon
Moong dhal - 2 table spoons
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Bay leaves - 1 inch piece
Ghee- 1 1/ table spoon
Milk - 1/4 cup

coriander - little for seasoning
Salt- As required

Recipe

1. cook the moong dhal in cooker till it becomes very very soft(usually 3 pressures might be ok).

2.In a tawa add the ghee when it melts add cinnamon, bay leaves after few seconds add onion when it turns golden brown then add tomato when then to gets fried add green chilly then add turmeric powder,pepper and stir them for 1 minute then add broccoli the and stir for 2 minutes.

3.Now add the cooked moondhal to it all see to it that the water content is slightly more than 3 cups stir it little and cover it with lid.

4.After 10 minutes the broccoli will be cooked now add salt then turn the heat off and add 1/4 cup of milk. Finally transfer it to bowl and season it with coriander.

Healthy soup is ready. You can replace ghee by oil.

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