Multigrain soup | How to make multigrain veg soup
Multigrain soup is a wholesome starchy soup prepared by cooking mixed whole grains with the choice of vegetables.
Equipment
- Sauce pan
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup Multi grains (150g- mix of red rice/brown rice/barley/oats/maize/millets/cornmeal)
- 1 tbsp butter
- 3 cups water
- ½ tsp salt to taste
- ½ tsp pepper powder
Chopped veggies:
- 6 garlic pods
- ¼ cup onion
- ¼ cup carrot
- ¼ cup capsicum
- ¼ cup cabbage
- 2 tbsp cilantro leaves
Instructions
Preparation:
- Chop the vegetables(each 1/4 cup) after cleaning them properly.
- Use any vegetables as you wish except watery vegetables like cucumber, gourd veggies as they become totally mush in the soup.
- Rinse half-cup of mixed grains(multigrain like red rice, millets, barley, maize, corn and oats) thoroughly and soak in clean water for 30mins. The more you soak the soon the grains get cooked.
Recipe for making the multigrain veg soup:
- In a saucepan, heat a tbsp of butter.
- Add fine chop garlic and saute for two minutes.
- Now add the veggies of your choice one by one starting from onions.
- Saute the veggies in butter for two minutes.
- Now add the soaked mix of grains and saute for few seconds.
- Add two to three cups of water and mix.
- Cook the grains and vegetables for ten minutes atleast by stirring occasionally.
- Check the doneness by pressing a hard grain with fingers.
- Cook well until all the grains become soft. Decide the cooking time based on the varieties of grains you use.
- When the soup is cooked well with soft grains season with salt and pepper powder as per taste.
- Finally add cilantro (coriander) leaves, give a quick mix and switch off.
- Serve this soup warm in a bowl for a hearty light dinner.
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Notes
Tips:
1) Use mixed grains as per your choice and you can also use only one-grain variety like red or brown rice or millets.
2) Vegetables add extra taste and quality for the soup. Best suited veggies are carrot, cabbage, cauliflower, corn, peas beans, etc.
1) Use mixed grains as per your choice and you can also use only one-grain variety like red or brown rice or millets.
2) Vegetables add extra taste and quality for the soup. Best suited veggies are carrot, cabbage, cauliflower, corn, peas beans, etc.
Nutrition
Calories: 160kcal
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