Vegetable Soup Recipe - Ingredients
Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Soup | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Soup | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Moong Dal - 1/2 cup
Vegetables - 1/2 cup chopped(I used carrot and beans)
Big Onion - 1 chopped finely
Tomato - 1 chopped roughly
Garlic - 6 pods
Green chillies- 1 slitted into half
Coconut milk - 1/4 cup
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Water - 1 cup
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp chopped finely
Salt - to taste
Oil - 3 tsp
To temper:
Bayleaf - 1Cloves - 1
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece
Cardamom - 1
Whole Pepper - 1/2 tsp crushed roughly(optional)
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Method:
- Dry roast moong dal till nice aroma rises and it is golden brown,Set aside.Heat oil in a kadai - add the ingredients listed under 'to temper' let it splutter then add onion, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves and saute till golden brown.
- Then add tomatoes and saute till mushy and raw smell leaves. Then add the veggies, saute for 3 mins. Transfer this to a pan and add 1 cup of water and allow it to boil till the veggies are cooked till soft.
- Pressure cook moong dal in medium flame with 1 cup of water for 4-5 whistles till soft, smash it well with a laddle. Add this mixture to the boiled veggies.Simmer and cook for 5mins until dal combines well with the veggies.Add required salt.
- Add coconut milk and give a rolling single boil, sprinkle pepper powder then garnish with coriander leaves and switch it off.
My Notes:
- Do not boil/cook more after coconut milk is added else it will start separating.
- Adding veggies is of your choice.You can use cabbage, potato etc.
- You can use a pinch of red chilli powder if you prefer a more spicy version.
