Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Broccoli soup

To serve 4 people:

Ingredients:
• 300gms of broccoli
• 1 large tomato
• 1 green chilli (optional)
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 1 tbp of vegetable broth
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• 600ml of water
• 1 tbp of honey
• 1 tbp of lemon juice
• 4 tbps of fresh cream
• 1 teaspoon of corn flour

Method:
• In a cooking vessel add water and boil the florets of broccoli, diced tomato, green chilli, vegetable broth, pepper and salt.
• Let it cook for about 20-25mins. After the broccoli becomes soft strain the water and put it aside.
• Grind the mixture into smooth paste by adding corn flour and 60ml of strained water.
• Add the smooth paste to the remaining water and boil it again.
• Add honey, lemon juice and stir continuously.
• Add some plain water if necessary and boil till it reaches the desired consistency.
• Add fresh cream and serve hot.

Tip:
• Be very careful while adding salt as the vegetable broth also contains some salt.

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