Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:
Carrots - 2 nos
Beans  - 10 nos
Zucchini or Cucumber - 1 nos
Chopped Cabbage - 1/2 cup
Celery - 2 sticks
black/red bean - 1 (soaked/cooked)
onion - 1/2
G.Chilli - 2 nos (option)
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste

For Broth:
Carrots - 2 nos
Onion - 1 no
Tomato - 3 (fully ripped -medium size)

Method:

* Chop two tomatoes, onion finely. Peel carrot and cut it into small cubes. Combine all of three and put it in a pressure cooker. Add three cups of water and pressure cook for two to three whistles. Use hand mixer/Mixie to grind the cooked carrot, tomato and onion pieces to a smooth puree. Keep aside.

* Cut the third tomato into medium size pieces. Cut Zucchini/Cucumber into bite size pieces. Chop the onion finely.

* Heat the oil in a kadai and add the chopped onion and fry till it become transparent. Add cabbage and saute for a minute. Then add cucumber and tomato pieces along with cooked black bean, salt and pepper powder and mix well. Add half cup water and bring to boil. When it starts boiling, add the carrot puree, stir well and allow to boil once again and remove.

Sprinkle little pepper and salt and serve with bread sticks.

Thanks,

Mythili Thiyagu