Potato Soup for fasting

Today is Mahashivratri. I think most of the people keep fast on this day. For me fasting means some variety in food. I am tiered of eating same fasting food every time. One day I made this healthy and yummy Indian soup for myself. It's a whole meal and not contains lots of ghee or peanuts like all other fasting food has.

Ingredients
Boiled potato - 1 big

Curd - 2-3 tablespoon

Pure ghee - 1/2 teaspoon

Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Green chilli - 1-2

Ginger - 1/2 inch

Sugar - 1/4 teaspoon

Salt as per taste


Procedure
Remove the skin of potato. Cut it into small cubes. Now make a paste of green chilli, 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds and ginger. Now add curd and blend it once again. Then add potato cubes and Blend to a smooth paste in mixer. You can add 1/2 cup of water. Heat ghee in a kadai and add jeera. When the jeera crackles add the blended mixture. Now add sugar and salt .Allow to boil on a very slow flame. When it comes to desired consistency of soup, pour it in soup bowl and serve. If you are too calorie cautious then avoid tadka of ghee. It still tastes awesome. I can say you must try this very new way of enjoying your fasting day.


My try goes to Nivedita's "ONLY ORIGINAL" event which is brain child of Pari.

 

Tamatar Dhaniye ka shorba

It's raining heavily from last 5-6 days. You can expect rain any time in Bangalore. But this time it was very heavy. The weather is very cool. Both me and my husband was having cough and cold. So soup is a best option in evening time. Some days before we had 'Tamatar Dhaniye ka shorba' in Umerkot restaurant. It was awesome. I tried this on this Sunday eve. Really we felt better … clear throat after having it. It's a tomato soup with lush flavor of fresh coriander leaves and spices.

Ingredients

Chopped Tomatoes - 4 (Medium)

Chopped Onion - 1 (Medium)

Grated Carrot - 1 (Small)

Green chilli - 1-2

Chopped Ginger - 1 teaspoon

Chopped Garlic - 7-8 cloves

Black cardamom (badi elaichi) - 1

Cinnamon (dalchini) - 1" stick

Bay leaves (tej patta) - 1

Black pepper (Kali miri) - 6-7

Besan - 1 tablespoon

Garam masala - 1/2 teaspoon

Chopped Coriander leaves -1/2 cup

Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder -1/2 teaspoon

Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon

Butter - 1 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Procedure

Heat the butter in a pan on medium heat; add cumin seeds, cardamom, cinnamon stick, and bay leaves; stir. Then add ginger, garlic and saute it . Add turmeric powder. Now add onion and fry till it changes colour to slight brown. Then add carrot and mix it. Now add tomato and saute it till tomatoes cooked neatly. Add besan and mix properly. This is for thickness. Now add all remaining ingredients. Add sufficient water and bring the mixture to the boil. Cover and keep on simmer for 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat and strain into a separate bowl using a soup strainer. Serve hot with garnishing of coriander leaves.

Soup 'N Juice

My Entry for Soup 'N Juice Event of Mom's Recipies

KokMok

"Kokum Sharbat" is another very popular summer drink in Maharashtra. Usually Kokum sharbat is prepared with kokum syrup (which is available in market with added sugar) and water. But now a days nobody wants a traditional drink they needs something different so I prepared it with soda. And named it as "KokMok' . More>>

Mango Mastani

Mango Mastani …… sounds strange?…… you must have heard about Bajirao- Mastani in history ( Mastani was a very beautiful woman and mistress of the great maratha warrior, Bajirao Peshwa. )………. But I know if you have visited Pune once in your life, you must be knowing MASTANI……. It is a most famous dessert in Pune. Sujata Mastani house chain is very famous in Pune. There are many flavours like rose, strawberry, Orange,pistabadam etc. in Mastani but I love the most is Mango Mastani. It's a thick Mango milk shake topped with Mango Ice-cream. I can say, I am in love with Mango Mastani as good as Bajirao was in love with his Mastani….. More>>

Sol Kadhi
Solkadhi is a traditional digestive cool pink drink. It is so tasty that we call it as "SOUL KADHI". It not only touches your tongue but your soul also. It's Baby pink color is also sooo … cute. It contains Kokum which is also called as Amsol or Sola. So Kadhi with Sola is SolKadhi. It's a good Appetizer. More>>

Palak Soup
Last month my niece Aadyaa was here. She loves Palak soup like anything. As we all know Palak (spinach) is an iron rich vegetable. So I prepared this soup for her…….. And she just loved it and was asking more ('ajun' in Marathi) in her bowl…… So a healthy soup for the rainy season.

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Palak Soup

Last month my niece Aadyaa was here. She loves Palak soup like anything. As we all know Palak (spinach) is an iron rich vegetable. So I prepared this soup for her…….. And she just loved it and was asking more ('ajun' in Marathi) in her bowl…… So a healthy soup for the rainy season.

Ingredients

Palak (spinach) - 1 bunch
Milk - 1,1/2 cup
Onion - 1 small
Garlic - 4-5 cloves
Ginger - 1 inch
Green chili - 1 (optional)
Black pepper powder - 1/4 tea spoon
Corn flour - 1 teaspoon
Sugar - 1 teaspoon
Butter - 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste


Procedure

Wash the spinach neatly. Now cook spinach, 1/2 cup milk, onion, chili, garlic and ginger in pressure cooker for 2-3 whistles. Let it get cool. Now make a thin paste in the mixer. Sieve it with 1 cup of milk added into it. Add sugar, salt and butter and boil it for a minute. Now make a thin paste of corn flour and pour it in the soup and boil it for 30 seconds. Sprinkle some black pepper powder. Garma garam Palak soup is ready.

I would like to send this recipe to Pavani's Cooking For Kids-Leafy Greens started by Sharmi's original CKF announcement.
And
Soumya's SWC- Cooking with greens event

Pandhra Rassa (White mutton curry)

Pandhra Rassa, nothing but a Maharashtrian mutton soup. It is generally serves with Tambda Rassa. This is very healthy.


Ingredients

Mutton - 250 Gms.
Coconut Milk - 1 cup.
Poppy seeds - 1 Table Spoon
Dry Grated coconut -1/4 cup (take only white part of coconut.)
Fennel Seeds (Badishop) - 1 Tea spoon
White pepper powder -1/2 Tea spoon
Ginger - 1 inch.
Garlic - 7-8 cloves
Pure ghee - 1 Tea spoon
Cloves - 4-5
Black pepper - 4
Cinnamon - 1
Salt to taste

Procedre

For Mutton Stock

Boil mutton with one liter of water till mutton is cooked. We have to use this stock for Pandhra Rassa and mutton pieces for Sukka Mutton.

Make a thin paste of Poppy seeds, Dry Grated coconut, Fennel Seeds , White pepper powder, Ginger and Garlic in a mixer. Heat pure ghee and put Cloves , Black pepper, Cinnamon into it. Now add Mutton stock into it. Add thin paste and salt into it and let it boil for 2 minutes. Now add coconut milk , mix it properly and immediately remove from the flame.Serve it with Tamda Rassa.

Lung Fung Soup

Cold waves are already started here. So it is very essential to have one bowl of soup before Dinner. 'Lung fung soup' is one of the favorite soups of my husband. So First soup entry in my blog is of 'Lung fung soup'


Ingredient
(For 2 Bowls)
Water - 2 cup
Oil - 1 Tea spoon
Noodles - 1/2 Cup
Corn flour - 3 Table Spoon
Butter -4 tea spoon
Chopped garlic - 2 teaspoon
Chopped Green Capsicum - 4 Table spoon
Chopped Cabbage - 1/2 Cup
Chopped Carrot - 2 table spoon
Chopped French beans - 2 Table spoon
Chopped Spring Onion - 2 Table Spoon
Black pepper powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Vinegar - 1/2 Tea spoon
Chilly Sauce - 1/2 Tea spoon
Sugar -1/2 tea spoon
Egg - 1 (optional)
Salt to taste

Procedure
Boil 2 cups of water add 1 teaspoon oil and salt. Now add Noodles & boil until done. Strain the access water and wash noodles in cold water. Put some oil so that it does not become sticky.
Take Corn flour and 3 tablespoon of water and make a paste.
Heat the butter in pan add chopped garlic and capsicum and saute it. Add cabbage, carrot, beans and saute it ( Non vegetarian people can add boiled boneless chicken). Now add 2 cups of water, sugar, salt, vinegar, black pepper powder, Chilly Sauce and boil it . Add corn flour paste, again boil it. Beat egg white neatly. Add it in boiling soup drop by drop with spoon. So that small small egg balls will come up.
For serving, Take a soup bowl put boiled noodles, Pour hot soup and garnish it with spring onion.

I would like to send this recipe to Trupti's 'Winter Treat Event '