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Purée of Carrot Soup with Curry and Ginger

November 24, 2010 by zoomyummy

puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

There are a lot of things that I love about this soup.

First of all, its vibrant color. Just mere looking at it gives me energy.

Then there are the layers of taste – from the soothing and sweet taste of carrots to the funky ones of ginger and curry. They make this soup a true pleasure to eat.

And on top of that all, this soup is in fact a remedy. The carrots have a very high beta-carotene content. They are alkaline, clean acidic blood, and are considered an anti-cancer food. Onions and leek are healing for the lungs.

All-in-all, this lovely soup might come in handy after all the feasting that we’ll be enjoying soon.

puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

Here’s the list of ingredients.

puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

1. First, we need the carrots.

puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

Dice ’em.

puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

2. Then grab the onion (if you are a rebel you can use a shallot) and the leek and chop them.

3. Dice the potato.
puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

4. Heat the olive oil over medium heat.

5. Throw in the onions, leek and the potato. Sauté for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

6. Then add the ginger, curry, garlic, chopped parsley and bay leaf.

puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

7. And cook for about two minutes.

puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

8. Add the carrots and the vegetable stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and let simmer for 30 minutes, until carrots are very tender.

puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

9. Remove the soup from heat and discard the bay leaf (don’t be like me, please).
10. Puree the soup with a vertical blender until creamy.
11. Then taste and add more salt if needed.

puree of carrot soup with curry and ginger recipe with pictures, cream of carrot soup recipe with pictures

Yum!

This soup is amazing.

Enjoy it, dear friends!

(This recipe was adapted from here. The recipe makes about 6 portions and takes about 1 hour to prepare.)

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Lentil Soup with Indian Spices

November 18, 2010 by zoomyummy

lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

Lentils are my favorite legumes.

My body loves them and craves them very often.

Well, sometimes my body cannot decide between legumes and eggnog. But all-in-all, I really love lentils.

I’ve made this particular soup for the first time in my life.

I make lentil soups quite often but not the Indian ones.

The thing is that I had been playing with the idea of making this kind of soup for some time and all I needed and was trying to find were the right Indian spices.

The day I saw Garam Masala and Turmeric in one magical shop my vision was finally free to turn into reality – the yummy Lentil Soup with Indian Spices.

So, here’s what I did and how I improvised…

lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

These are the ingredients that I’ve used.

lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

And here they are again.

Mmm, this looks promising.

lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

1. Firstly, let’s get some chopping done – chop the onion and the chili pepper finely. Then dice up the tomato. And give the garlic cloves a nice fine chop as well.

lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

2. Rinse the lentils under cold running water. Place them into a pot and cover with water (3 1/2 cups – 870 ml).
3. Cook the lentils until just almost ‘fully tender’. We need them to be almost done.

I was using halved red lentils and this process took only about 4 minutes. If you use whole red lentils it might take a little longer. To check how tender the lentils are just eat a few. Easy!
lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

4. In the meantime, heat the oil in a larger pan or pot.

5. Add the mustard seeds and watch the magic happen – they will enjoy the warmth of the oil so much that they will start to pop with joy. As a result, they will taste sweet and nutty.

Let the seeds pop for about 20 seconds.

6. Then add the cumin seeds, turmeric and chopped onions.

Cook for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly.

lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

7. After that, add the garlic. Stir and cook together for about 1 minute.

lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

8. Add the chopped tomato and chili pepper.

Cook for about 2 minutes, stirring every now and then.

lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

9. Then add the lentils and their cooking water.

10. Add the garam masala powder and salt to taste (I used about 3/4 tsp).
lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

11. Let come to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer for about 5 more minutes.

lentil soup with Indian spices recipe with step by step pictures

And that’s it!

This is an unbelievably simple, delicious and quick-to-make soup.

Enjoy, dear friends!

It’s healthy, yummy and good for you.
(This recipe makes 3-4 portions and takes about 30 minutes to make.)

Source: Saboot Masoor Masala Dal from ItsLife.in.

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Bean Soup

November 9, 2010 by zoomyummy

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures

This soup is super yummy.

It’s one of my all-time favorites, actually. This one and a wonderful lentil soup that I am going to prepare for you soon as well.

The vivid and optimistic colors of this soup are a pleasure to look at and its high content of vitamins and fiber means that this gorgeous soup is a powerful health bomb.

Your body will be thankful if you make it.

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, ingredients

These are the ingredients.

I’d like to let you know that if you don’t have or can’t find parsley root anywhere there’s no need to pull out your hair. You can replace it with about 3 tablespoons of chopped leaf parsley.

Also the celery root (celeriac) can be replaced with about 3-4 chopped celery stalks.

No problem at all.

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, rinse the bean, place them in a large bowl and cover with four time their volume of water, leave the beans to soak, drain the soaking water and rinse

1. To prepare your own delicious bean soup, first rinse the beans, place them in a large bowl and cover with four times their volume of water. Leave the beans to soak for at least 6-8 hours, overnight is even better.

2. When the beans are soaked, drain the soaking water and rinse them.

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, place the beans into a large pot and add water

3. Place the beans into a large pot and add 5 cups (1.25 l) water.

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, add bay leaves and salt

4. Then add 2 bay leaves and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.

5. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a low simmer, cover and let cook for about 1 hour and 15 minutes or until beans are tender.

The length of this process also depends on the variety of beans you are using. The larger the beans the longer the cooking time. I was using large red beans and they needed about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

6. When the beans are cooked remove the bay leaves.

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, vegetables, celery root, onion, parsley root, carrot, potato, garlic cloves

7. In the meantime (while the beans are cooking), you can prepare your vegetables.

What we have here is the celery root, onion (I am using shallots here because life gets interesting sometimes and you might not find onions in your fridge but you don’t give up on your dream anyway), parsley root, carrot, potato and garlic cloves.

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, cleaned, sliced, chopped, diced vegetables

8. Here are the vegetables again. This time nicely cleaned and sliced, chopped and diced.

The celery and the potato were diced.

The carrot and parsley root were cut in half lengthwise and then sliced into little crescents.

The garlic was sliced and the shallots were chopped finely.

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, pour the olive oil into a large pot and heat it until hot

9. Now pour the olive oil into a large pot and heat it until hot.

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, add the vegetables

10. Add the vegetables (except the garlic).

11. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and cook your vegetable mixture over medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, add the ground cumin, chili powder, and garlic, cook

12. Add the ground cumin, chili powder, and garlic. Cook for another 2 minutes, stirring constantly.

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, add the beans

13. Then add the beans along with their cooking liquid, …

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, add the chicken stock

14. … the chicken stock …

bean soup recipe with step by step pictures, add the lemon juice, simmer

15. … and the lemon juice.

16. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes or until all vegetables are soft.

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And serve.

I like to eat this soup as is or with slices of fresh bread.

It’s so good!

Enjoy, dear friends!

(This soup makes 8 cups/2 l and serves 6 hungry people.)

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Breaded Cauliflower

October 7, 2010February 17, 2014 by zoomyummy

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures

Again, my mother gets the credit for this delicious dish.

My beloved sweet Mom.

It has been a mainstay in our family ever since I can remember.

We love to eat it as a side dish but also as a light main dish served with mashed potatoes or rice.

It’s impressive how well a cauliflower can taste when nicely seasoned, breaded and fried.

This is finger-licking good, my friends!

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures

Here the list of ingredients.

Would you believe it could be so simple?

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures

This is a cauliflower.

I am here to tell you all the important things, you know.

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures

Despite their rather impenetrable-seeming appearance, cauliflowers are actually pretty easy to break down into bite-sized florets.

Here’s how I do it:

1. First, remove the green leaves and then, using a knife, remove the central stem, too.

Now your cauliflower is ready to be easily cut into individual florets.

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures

2. With your fingers, or using a knife if you want to, pull the florets apart.

In this recipe, bigger florets work better.

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures

3. Rinse the florets under cold running water.
4. Then place them into a larger pot and add about 2 teaspoons of salt.

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures

5. Pour in water – we need just enough to cover all the florets.

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures

6. Cover the pot and place it over medium heat.
7. Bring to boil and let cook for about 15 minutes…

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures

… or until tender when poked with a fork.

But not too tender. The florets should still be firm enough to hold the shape and shouldn’t fall apart. If they get too tender then it’s hard to work with them later.

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures

8. When the florets are cooked drain them and set aside.
9. Pour 1/4 cup (60 ml) of vegetable oil into a larger frying pan and preheat the oil over medium-low heat.

breaded cauliflower recipe with step by step pictures