On a chilly winter day a steaming hot bowl of soup is one thing that anyone would enjoy! I decided to have a hot and spicy soup for the evening and had realised that I ran out of those ready-made soup packets which help me in these time-bound moments. That’s when my mother-in-law suggested we make our own home-made healthy soup. Well I was apprehensive about all those vegetable boiling and stirring sessions but then it was all done and ready in 15 minutes to slurp away! I would call this soup a quick-fix one with the best of nutrition. As you may notice here in this recipe I have used the cauliflower leaves, which are usually discarded, while that’s the most nutritive part of the vegetable.
Ingredients
- 1 cup fish stock -Optional
- 2 cups spinach stock
- 2 tbsp peas
- 2 cauliflower leaves –finely chopped
- 4 baby corns – sliced round
- 4 creeper spinach leaves (mayalu) julienned
- 2 tbsp grated carrot
- 1 tsp finger millet/Ragi flour
- ½ tsp soya flour
- 1tsp pepper powder
- Salt to taste
Method
- Soak the ragi and soya flour in a little spinach stock, and keep aside.
- Add the peas, and rest of the ingredients (except the shredded carrots and pepper powder) together and cook till the peas are well cooked.
- Lower the flame and pour gently the flour mixture into it.
- Stir and cook till the contents cook well. The mixture will thicken a little when cooked.
- Pour into a serving bowl, top it with pepper powder and garnish with shredded carrot.
Preparation time: 15 minutes.
Serves: 2
Tips:
- Stock from previously steamed fish, stored in the refrigerator, was used.
- Whenever you buy spinach, to avoid it from getting limp, boil it and refrigerate the stock and leaves for further use. This will save time while cooking.
- Par boiled or boiled peas can also be stored in the refrigerator for further use.