Monday, April 5, 2010

cabbage soup

Here is a healthy cabbage soup for the days which need a lighter meal. As usual I didn't add any cream but sauteed the cabbage in little butter and blended the vegetable in milk. The croutons are home made. I just cubed some bread slices, buttered them and placed in a hot oven to make the croutons.



Ingredients:
Cabbage - 2 cups (chopped)
black pepper - 1 tsp
green chilly - 1
onion - 1
garlic - 3 cloves
cumin - 1/2 tsp
tomato - 1
Tomato sauce - 1 tbsp (optional)
olive oil / butter - 1 tbsp
milk - 1/4 cup or cream - 2 tbsp
crouton / sliced bread - 1 cup

Method:
Heat olive oil in a wok.
Put the garlic, cumin, pepper and fry till garlic welts.
Add the chopped onion , chilly and cabbage. Stir fry till cabbage gets half cooked.
Now put the chopped tomato and cook everything for 3 minutes (till the cabbage looses the raw flavor).
Let it cool completely. Grind it to a fine paste and bring it to boil.
Add salt to taste. Mix some tomato sauce to enhance the taste.
Fry some croutons in butter .
Add cream along with fried croutons before serving.

Cabbage soup is ready!

21 comments:

Nithu Bala said...

Soup sounds too good..have to try..

Anonymous said...

milk and green chillies in cabbage soup is very different to me.Will try it for sure.

Sarah Naveen said...

that looks awesome with home made croutons..
yummy and healthy

Vikis Kitchen said...

Thanks Nithu.
Thanks Sarah.

Vikis Kitchen said...

Ammu : Thanks dear. I generally won't buy much grocery that is not used regularly. So I used milk instead of cream. croutons are also one them.

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Healthy way to use up this veg.........

Sukanya said...

Wow Viki.. Was just wondering what to do with the remaining cabbage that I had and then I saw this post.. Thanks for this wonderful recipe..

Cool Lassi(e) said...

simple and lovely soup viki!

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Hi Viki as usual your cabbage soup is looking very healthy and fulfilling . Nice way to avoid extra oil by just taosting the croutons in the oven.
Deepa

http://hamareerasoi.blogspot.com/

Suparna said...

hey viki,
Interesting :) never had soup this way :)thanks for sharing

Ms.Chitchat said...

Awesome, comforting soup. Would definitely give a try.

Tina said...

Delicious soup dear.......

Priya Suresh said...

Prefect soup for dieting people..looks fantastic..

San said...

That's a new soup which i have n't try my hand on with,healthy soup dear.

Priya dharshini said...

i was once crazy of this soup cos of its taste and it is such a calory reducer...

Shama Nagarajan said...

delicious soup...yummy

Ash said...

That is a unique one... looks very refreshing.... I would surely enjoy every spoon I taste.....

Ash....
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

gtyuk said...

cabbage soup is something I make regularly too!!! my favourite cleanser!!!

ungaloda recipe super-aa irukku, adhuvum homemade croutons kooda summaa jamm -unnu irukkum la?

Deepa said...

hey thats looks so delicious and thick..yummy...

Gita Jaishankar said...

Thatz a delicious and comforting soup dear...looks to rich :)

Veena Sethuraman said...

Hi,
I started following ur blog recently. Great Job! keep it going...and within this short span of time, i have become ur "ardent" follower :) tried this soup....came very well....
So....on a lazy sunday evening, having ur cabbage soup...watching the rain from the balcony!! hmmm...life is heaven! :)Thanks a lot!

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