Nutritious Corn Soup

An all time favorite! The delicate flavour of corn makes this soup a favorite of many people. And this creamy corn soup with your vegetables of choice is a great starter for a summer lunch. Served hot or cold. You can add any vegetable of you choice here.

Ingredients:

2 cup tender corn kernels

1 medium tomato (half wil be used for cooking along corn and rest half while tossing along vegetables)

3 garlic flakes grated

3 tbsp coriander leaves

1/2 capsicum

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 green chilli chopped finely

1 tbsp black pepper powder

1/2 lemon juice

1 tbsp corn flour mixed in little of water

salt to taste

Oil 2 tsp 

Method:

• Cook the corn along half tomato, add little salt.

•  When the corn is cooked, take 4 tsp of corn (to add later in soup) and keep aside and grind rest to fine paste.

• Take a voke, add oil and fry the cumin, green chilli and remaining half of finely chopped de-seeded tomato. Fry till the tomato cooks.

•  Add the finely capsicum fry for a minute. Add salt to taste.

•  Add the corn paste and toss well under medium flame.

•  Now add 4 cups of water, adjust the salt if needed. Add the rest of cooked corn kernels, grated ginger, black pepper powder, lemon juice and corn flour mixture. Stir well and bring the soup to a boil. Add the chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot! Enjoy....

Suggestions:
Corn soup can be refrigerated for about a week and can be frozen for months. If you have decided to freeze or refrigerate the soup hold the three cups of water you were adding. Add the water at the time ready to use the soup.

Padmashree Raikar

@ gHara javaN

Veg-Manchow Soup

Manchow soup is a very popular street food in china, and you’ll find push carts selling off this soup customized to individual taste. The hawker will throw in the ingredients you ask for to make it suitable to your palate. Plenty of finely chopped veggies are simmered in a broth which contains generous helpings of ginger, garlic and mint. This soup is always served with a dash of chili oil. All these flavors make this soup very refreshing-which is why it is a popular soup on the streets of china. The aromas of ginger, mint and garlic truly awaken your senses. Delicious!

I haven't used vegetable stock, instead have made tomato pan sauce for making of the broth.

Making of the tomato broth:
Ingredients:
2 chopped tomatoes
1 1/2 tbsp soya sauce
1 tbsp oil
Method:

• Add oil in pan, fry the tomatoes till it cooks and becomes saucy (add pinch salt).
• Add soya sauce mix well, now add water 2 1/2 cup and bring to a boil & keep aside.

Making of the Manchow soup:
Ingredients:
2 tbsp oil
2 tsp chopped garlic
2 tsp chopped ginger
10 Shallots (they are the small onions)
1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
2 tbsp finely chopped capsicum (you can as as many vegetable of your choice)
2 tbsp finely chopped carrots
3 cups of tomato broth(look above for the method)
2 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves (phudina) leaves
1 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
salt and to taste
2 tbsp cornflour dissolved in 3/4 cup

Method

• Heat the oil in a wok on a high flame till it smokes.
• Add the garlic, ginger and green chillies and saute on a high flame for a few seconds.
• Add all the vegetables, shallots and saute on a high flame for 2 to 3 minutes, add the mint leaves, coriander and mix well.
• Add the tomato broth, soya sauce, salt and pepper, mix well and bring to boil.
• Add the cornflour mixture and boil till the soup thickens, while stirring continuously.
• Top with chilli oil and coriander and serve immediately with chillies in vinegar and soya sauce.

Padmashree Raikar

@ gHara javaN

Rich Tomato Soup

Tomato 6 finely chopped (deseeded), 3 green chillies, 1 tbsp chat masala, salt to taste.

• Add 3 cups of water in vessel, add the tomato pieces, green chillies, salt to taste and cook till the tomato is well smashed. Cool the content and then blend it well in mixed to make a thick puree.
• Now transfer the puree to a kadai bring it to boil, add chat masala powder.
• Serve hot, add chopped coriander if needed. 
• You can also add fried toast pieces.