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Easy Broccoli-Mushroom Soup

Posted by veeenajan on June 10, 2013
Posted in: Bachelors Recipes, Kids Special, Mother`s Special, Soup, starter. Tagged: , , , , , , , , . 2 Comments

Broccoli-Mushroom Soup

Broccoli-Mushroom Soup

Ingredients

Broccoli-1/2 of small head

Button mushroom-15 (medium)

Potato-1 small

Garlic-3

Big onion-1/4 of one

Vegetable cube-1/2 of 1 cube (here i used magi veg cube)

Water-3cup

Salt &pepper -to taste

Olive oil – 2 tsp

Butter-1tsp

Broccoli-Mushroom Soup

Broccoli-Mushroom Soup

Method 

In a cooker add potato slices and mushroom slices  along with 2 cup of water and vegetable cube.

After 1 whistle remove from the flame and keep aside ..

Heat olive oil and butter  in large pan, sauté onions, once translucent add garlic, stir for a minute, add broccoli till tender

Now add this mix to a blender along with cooked mushroom-potato mix and make a fine paste..

Then pour this paste to the pan again and add  boiled water if needed..

Boil for 2 minutes .Season with salt and pepper …  U can adjust the consistency of  soup .. (Some like thick soup and others like thin .

If u want u can add 1 tbsp of fresh cream (for kids only 😉

So hope u will like this easy and delicious healthy broccoli-mushrrom soup ..

Broccoli-Mushroom Soup

Broccoli-Mushroom Soup

Love

🙂

Veena

Pachamaga Aviyal

Posted by veeenajan on April 10, 2012
Posted in: kerala ruchi, Mother`s Special, sadya special, Taste of Kerala, vegetable dishes. Tagged: , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Ingredients

Plantain (pacha kaya)-1

Yam(chena)-1/4 cup

Long beans(aching a payar)-3

Ash gourd(kumbalaga)-1/2 cup

Raw Mango(pacha maga)-half of one

Turmeric Powder(majal podi)-1/4 tsp

Green chilly(pacha Mulaku)-3

Drumstick(muringakaya )-2

Curry leaves-few

Cumin seeds(jeerakam)-1/2 tsp

Shallots(cheriya ulli)-3

Coconut oil-2 tbsp

Salt-to taste

Water-1 1/2 cup

Grated coconut(thega chirakiyathu)-3/4 of 1

Method

  • Cut all the vegetables including mango into long thin pieces .
  • Wash them well and cook the vegetables excluding mango by adding turmeric powder ,salt ,few curry leaves and 1 1/2 cup of water.cover the pot and cook in low flame .
  • When 3/4 th done add mango pieces and  cook.
  • In a blender add grated coconut,cumin seeds,green chilly ,salt and shallots .
  • Grind this to a semi medium consistency ..not fine paste ..
  • Add this  coconut mix to the cooked vegetables and mix well..
  • Check the salt ..
  • Allow to boil for 5 minutes in low flame ..Stir occasionally..
  • Finally sprinkle coconut oil and fresh curry leaves (rub curry leaves between in fingers )
  • Close the pan for few minutes b4 serving .(by that time the aroma of coconut oil and curry leaves will spread all over the aviyal)
  • So tasty pacha maga aviyal is ready…

Love

🙂

Veena