CARROT SOUP-LOW CARB SOUP-KIDS FRIENDLY TASTY SOUP
Carrot soup is a mild easily digestible vitamin rich thick soup. This filling soup is prepared by cooking and mashing carrots. Season with pepper and salt.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- Carrots preferably fresh – 400grams or Chopped 1 big cup
- Potato – ½ chopped Optional
- Onion -1/2 sliced
- Ginger – 1inch
- Garlic – 2pods Optional
- Cooking oil/Ghee – 1tbsp
- Salt & Pepper powder – ½ tsp or as required
- Mint leaves - few
- Water – 2 cups
Instructions
Preparation:
- Wash, peel and chop 4 to 5 big fresh carrots and half size potato(Purely optional)
- Peel one inch ginger, chop and 2 pods garlic
- Slice half big onion
Recipe:
- Heat 1Tbsp of cooking oil or ghee in a pressure cooker or soup pan. Add chopped onions.
- Saute for a min and add cleaned ginger, garlic again toss for a min till the raw smell goes away.
- Add chopped carrots and potatoes if using, mix everything . No need to sauté.
- Put mint leaves.
- Add half of the salt mentioned
- Pour two cups (approx.) of water and close the cooker lid/sauce pan lid.
- If using cooker two whistles are enough to cook. In case of pan ten minutes until carrots are cooked well.
- Once the pressure drops open lid and drain the cooked carrots. Keep the broth(cooked water)
- Remove the mint leaves.
- Blend the vegs into a smooth paste
- Keep a tawa /same sauce pan on stove. Add ground paste along with the broth, mix into thick soup consistency.
- Give it a boil no more than a min. Adjust consistency of the soup.
- Add half spoon of fresh ground pepper powder and salt to taste.
- Delicious easy carrot soup is ready. Serve hot.
Notes
Tips/notes: If you are making for kids/babies please add very less pepper or avoid. Cooking carrots in a pan takes little more time Adding potato is optional. Carrot itself when blended gives thick consistency. Potato gives a glassy look to the soup.
Nutrition
Calories: 100kcal
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