Hearty Vegetable Soup for the Soul
Hello HTS Community
In this rainy weather, we seek comfort in foods that are warm and tasty with a little bit of spice. Yesterday, I experimented with couple of vegetables in my kitchen to make a soup, and who knew, it would turn up soooo good. This quick, one pot recipe is easy to make and healthy. With just handful of ingredients, you have a hearty bowl of vegetable soup, perfect for the weather.
Pro tip: Always make extra, because it tastes sooo much better the next day.
| Prep time: 10 minutes | Cooking time: 25 minutes | Total time: 35 minutes |
Ingredients you will need:
- Tomatoes- 3 large (diced)
- Cauliflower florets- 2 cups
- Shiitake mushrooms- 2
- Onion- 1 (sliced)
- Garlic cloves- 2
- Ginger- 1 inch (roughly chopped)
- Bay leaf- 1
- Cinnamon stick- 1/2
- Cloves- 2
- Peppercorn- 6 or7
- Sugar- 2 teaspoon
- Olive oil- 2 tablespoons
- Salt- to taste
- Button mushrooms- 5
- Thyme- a pinch
- Rolled oats- 1/4 cup
- Butter- 1 teaspoon
Steps to make Vegetable soup:
- In a pressure cooker, start with olive oil and slowly cook the onions till golden. Make sure the heat is low, else the onions will burn.
- Add garlic, carrots and cauliflower, salt, peppercorns, bay leaf, cinnamon stick and cloves. Let it cook on medium heat for about 7 minutes.
- Add roughly chopped tomatoes and sugar, with 1 and 1/2 cups of water.
- Cover the pressure cooker and let cook on high heat for 10 minutes. Let the pressure settle, open the cooker and let the vegetables cool down.
- Remove the bay leaf and cinnamon stick. In a mixer, blend this to a smooth paste and refine through a sieve.
- In a pot, use 1 teaspoon of olive oil and 4 basil leaves. Cook for a minute and then add the soup. Let boil for 5 minutes. In the meanwhile, chop the mushrooms lengthwise and sauté with a pinch of thyme and crushed black pepper, and set aside.
- In the same pan, put the butter (use olive oil for vegan) and oats and toast for 5 minutes on low heat, until golden and crispy.
- Pour the soup in a bowl, garnish with oats, sautéed mushrooms and basil leaves. Dunk in some toasty bread and enjoy.