Category: winter warmers

  • Green Pea Soup | how to make green pea soup

    Green Pea Soup | how to make green pea soup

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    Green Pea Soup is a flavoursome soup to enjoy during winter season. Addition of a few mint leaves gives a good taste to it.

    Winter is here and calls for warm drinks and fried snacks. The vendor lady brings a stack of peas everyday, I love these green beauties but how much can one store!  Well, I made this soup and it was perfect for the cold nights.

    There is hardly any chopping involved,  and peas are  usually shelled and put in the freezer.

    The quantity given here produces more than six bowls of the drink. Feel free to reduce the quantity or you can store it in the refrigerator and use the next day.

    green pea soup
    green pea soup

    Nutrients in Green Peas :

    Peas are in rich in Vitamin A, B, C E, zinc and calcium.

    Benefits of green peas:

    • Peas are packed with anti-oxidants. They help to build the immune system.
    • The anti-inflammatory nutrients in peas helps in reducing the risk of diabetes, heart disease and arthritis.
    • Peas are rich in fiber and protein,  it slows down the break down of carbohydrates and helps to control blood sugar.
    • They have low-glycemic index.
    • They help to prevent inflammation.

    Portion Size:

    The recommended quantity is half cup serving. One should be careful as peas are relatively high in carbohydrates.

    Other Soup Recipes :

    Tomato soup is the family favourite. Of late, it is the Indian Shorba that we enjoy. The carrot soup is also ideal for those who love Indi-Chinese cuisine. Children prefer manchow soup as it has a topping of noodles.

     

    About the event:

    Sending this to Hot Pot theme  at Shhh secretly challenge group. The theme was suggested by Priya Iyer. She has recipes of different cuisines on her blog. I loved her Indian Style Vegetable Quesdilla and bookmarked it to try. Here, members are paired as partners and two secret ingredients are exchanged. The dish is prepared using the given ingredients and later other members try to find the secret ingredient. I was paired with Narmadha of Nams corner, she gave me salt and pepper and I prepared this tasty soup. I had given bengal gram and green chilli and tasty masala vada is perfect for the season.

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    green pea soup

    Green Pea Soup Recipe

    Ingredients:

    • 2 cup green peas          1 cup= 200 ml
    • 20 mint leaf
    • 1 onion
    • 2 teaspoon butter
    • 1 teaspoon olive oil
    • salt to taste
    • pepper powder
    • 2 cups of stock or water

    Method:

    1. Cut the onion into medium bits.
    2. Take oil and butter in a pan. Add onion to it. Saute it for sometime.
    3. Put green peas and mint and cook further. Put a little water if needed.
    4. Once it cooked, let  cool. Make a puree of it.
    5. Remove it in a pan, add water or stock to it. Put salt and pepper powder to it. Let it cook for five minutes.
    6. Green pea soup is ready to serve.

    Take a tip:

    • Stock can be prepared ahead and stored. Usually vegetables are put in it. But I have used  the gratings that remain and are to be thrown. Put gratings of cucumber, a few stalks of coriander, clean peel of any vegetable, a few onion pieces in a litre of water and boil for sometime. Later, strain it and use the water as stock. Remember, to wash the gratings before using them.
    • Addition of mint gives a good taste to it.

     

    green pea soup
    Evergreendishesdev

    Green Pea Soup

    Green pea soup is healthy, tasty winter warmer. It is ideal to make it when fresh peas are available.
    Course: Appetizer, dinner, dinner ideas
    Cuisine: international

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 cup green peas
    • 20 mint leaf
    • 1 onion
    • 2 teaspoon butter
    • 1 teaspoon olive oil
    • salt to taste
    • pepper powder
    • 2 cups of stock or water

    Method
     

    1. Cut the onion.
    2. Take oil and butter in a pan.
    3. Add onion to it. Saute it for sometime.
    4. Put green peas and mint and cook further.
    5. Put a little water if needed.
    6. Once it cooked, let  cool.
    7. Make a puree of it.
    8. Remove it in a pan, add water or stock to it.
    9. Put salt and pepper powder to it.
    10. Let it cook for five minutes.
    11. Green pea soup is ready to serve.

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    Green Pea Soup

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  • Tomato Shorba | How to make tomato shorba

    Tomato Shorba | How to make tomato shorba

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    Tomato Shorba is an Indian soup ideal for cold winter nights. It is light, mildly spicy and good for relief from cold and cough.

    Winter calls for warm drinks, nothing seems better than soups for me. It is filling and I usually have a menu sorted for dinner with soup and a snack.

    What is Shorba?

    Shorba is Indian soup which is prepared using various spices. It is ideal to serve as a warm drink before dinner.  It is a Persian term meaning salty stew. Shorba is also called as Chorba, Shurpa, Sorpa. It is a Mughlai dish and has vegetarian version as Tomato Shorba.

    Winter Warmers:

    Make sure you give all these winter warmers to your children,  hot chocolate milk, badam milk, I have shared a few soup recipes earlier. This healthy tomato soup is what I mostly prepare for my family. It has the goodness of other vegetables in it. Vegetable Manchow Soup is the favourite of most children.

    Tomato Shorba
    Tomato Shorba

    About the event:

    Sending this post to #WinterWarmersatHW. It is a fortnightly event where we work on a theme suggested by a member of the group. As winter has set in Swati, suggested Winter Warmers as the theme. Swati is a wonderful blogger with many varieties of dishes on her blog. I loved her Kesar Pista Burfi and No Yeast Bread bookmarked it to try in future.

     

    Tomato Shorba is made in three steps. Seasoning is prepared and tomatoes are cooked along with spices. Next, it is made into a pulp and passed through a sieve. Lastly, it is boiled and garnished with fresh coriander.

    Tomato Shorba Recipe:

    Ingredients:

    • 2 teaspoon oil
    • 3 cloves
    • 2 cardamom
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 1/2 inch cinnamon
    • 1/4 teaspoon cumin
    • 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed
    • 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
    • 1 onion
    • 4 tomato
    • a  few stalks of coriander
    • 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
    • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
    • 3 cup water
    • salt
    • coriander for garnishing

    Method:

    1. Take oil in a pan, add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and bay leaf. Put cumin and fennel seed, as it splutters, add the ginger-garlic paste and saute for a few seconds. Put the onion and continue to saute.
    2. After two minutes, put the tomatoes and coriander stalk to it. Allow  to cook.
    3. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder to it.
    4. Switch off the stove.
    5. Once it cools, make a puree and pass through the strainer.
    6. Put it in a pan, put salt to it  and simmer for two minutes. Adjust the consistency. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
    7. Tomato Shorba is ready to serve.
    Tomato Shorba
    Evergreendishesdev

    Tomato Shorba

    5 from 8 votes
    Tomato Shorba is an Indian soup ideal for cold winter nights.
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes
    Servings: 4 medium size cups
    Course: appetisers
    Cuisine: Indian

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 teaspoon oil
    • 3 cloves
    • 2 cardamom
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 1/2 inch cinnamon
    • 1/4 teaspoon cumin
    • 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed
    • 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
    • 1 onion
    • 4 tomato
    • a few stalks of coriander
    • 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
    • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
    • 3 cup water
    • salt
    • coriander for garnishing

    Method
     

    1. Take oil in a pan, add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and bay leaf. Put cumin and fennel seed, as it splutters, add the ginger-garlic paste and saute for a few seconds. Put the onion and continue to saute.
    2. After two minutes, put the tomatoes and coriander stalk to it. Allow  to cook.
    3. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder to it.
    4. Switch off the stove.
    5. Once it cools, make a puree and pass through the strainer.
    6. Put it in a pan, put salt to it  and simmer for two minutes. Adjust the consistency. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
    7. Tomato Shorba is ready to serve.

    If you ever make any of these recipes, take a picture and share it by tagging @foodiejayashree on Instagram or @evergreendishes on Facebook. I will be glad to see and share your creation further.
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