Monsoon Bliss – Beetroot Soup

Beetroot Soup with additional goodness of other vegetables, is a comforting and easy dish to prepare on a cool rainy day. This recipe uses no cornflour or heavy cream, relying on the vegetables alone to provide all the nutrition and flavour to the soup. It is packed with essential nutrients, vitamins, fibers and antioxidants. Addition of ginger and garlic gives it a beautiful soothing flavour. This dish is ideal for this season and is really a satisfying meal when compared to complex full meals.

Serve: 1 person

Time: 20 mins

Nutritional value of one bowl soup:

Energy: 125 Kcal

Carbohydrate: 64 grams

Protein:4 grams

Fat: 5 grams

 Ingredients:

• 1 medium beetroot
• 2 medium tomatoes
• 1 small carrot
• ½ cup finely chopped spinach
• 1-inch ginger chopped
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp of olive oil/homemade butter/homemade fresh cream
• Salt and black pepper to taste

 Method:

1. Peel beetroot and carrot, dice them in any shape.
2. Roughly chop tomatoes and ginger.
3. Pressure cook all the above vegetables with finely chopped spinach. Add 1 cup of water for 2 whistles on medium flame (don’t add too much water so as to avoid thin consistency of the soup).
4. You can also boil everything in a pot on medium flame until tender.
5. After cooker cools down completely, grind the mixture until smooth (Sieve only if the soup is not boiled and ground properly).
6. Add the puree in a pot and boiled it nicely until thick and creamy.
7. Take oil in a small pan and add chopped/grated garlic (you can also dry roast garlic if you don't like raw garlic flavour).
8. Now add salt, pepper and garnish with above made garlic oil.
9. You can also add fresh homemade butter or cream rather oil for nice creamy flavour.

To know the health benefits of beetroot, click here:

Beetroot Benefits