Home made Itallian soup

Minestrone soup: Ingredients

• 1 can northern beans
• 1 cup tomato puree
• 1 Cup Onion Chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 diced potatoes
• 2 tbsp Olive Oil
• 1 tsp Italian Herb
• 1 tsp Red crsuhed pepper
• Salt and ground black pepper
• 1 cube Galic chopped
• 1 cup cooked small pasta shells
• 2 cups of water
• Chopped parsley & basil sprigs.

Minestrone soup: Method

1. At medium flame In a pot add olive oil. Once the oil is hot add italian herb, red crushed pepper and saute with garlic and onion.
2. Add potatoes, celery, carrots and stir a few minutes.
3. Add tomato puree and stir for 2 mins. Add 2 cups of water bring to boil. Cook for about 10 mins.
4. Add beans along with pasta shells, let simmer until vegetables are almost ready. Cover and cook 20 more minutes.
5. Add parsley and basil and cook for another 5 mins. Bring to boil, add pepper and salt to taste. Cook 8 to 10 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Add parsley and basil and boil for 5 mins.
6. Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle parmesan cheese over top. Garnish with basil, if desired. 
7. Makes 4 servings.

Summer is here and so it the sweet corn. Corn is in trend, and a soup of corn is mouth watering. This asian receipe is something to be tried. Its yummy, easy to prepare and mouth watering

Quick Sweet Corn Soup: Ingredients

• 1 cup frozen sweet corn from the pack
• 1 carrot thinly diced and boiled
• 3 cups water
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1½tbsp all purpose flour
• 1tsp Soya sauce
• 1tsp Chilli sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp butter
• Salt and pepper to taste

Quick Sweet Corn Soup: Method

1. Pressure cook the corn kernels till tender or microvae in bowl for 5 mins.
2. Keep about 1/4 cup cooked corn kernels aside for later use. Grind rest of the corn kernels.
3. Heat the butter. Add the grinded corn kernel along with boiled carrots and cook on medium flame.
4. Mix cornflour in 4 tbsp of water and add into the pan. Add the remaing water to the mixture.
5. After adding cornflour bring the soup to boil and then cook on low heat. Slowly the soup starts getting thick. Continuously stir it so that it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
6. Add sugar, salt, soya sauce, chilli sauce, vinegar.

Before serving add the remaining cooked corn and serve hot garnished with chopped parsley.
 Optional – If fresh corn is not available,you can use canned sweet corn tin.