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Saturday, September 7, 2024
Food Blurb: Much Ado About Mushrooms
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Homemade Soups That Start With the Letter C
Cabbage Soup
Ingredients for Cabbage Soup:
1/4 cup ghee
1 onion, chopped
2 lb. cabbage, chopped
1 lb. potato quartered
2 1/2 cup water
1 1/4 cup vegetable stock
1 tsp. cornstarch
salt and pepper to taste
Preparation Method for Cabbage Soup:
Step-01: Heat ghee in a pan and fry the onion until soft.
Step-02: Add cabbage and stir until wilted and coated with ghee.
Step-03: Add potato, tomatoes, and water, bring to a boil, cover, and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
Step-04: Add stock, return to boil and cook for 5 minutes.
Step-05: Remove from heat and mash or puree the soup.
Step-06: Blend cornstarch with a little soup then stir it into the pan and bring it to boil, stirring until slightly thickened.
Step-07: Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Cauliflower Soup
Ingredients Cauliflower Soup:
1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbs. butter or margarine
1 onion, finely chopped
1 potato, sliced
1/4 C. plain (all-purpose) flour
3 cup milk
salt and pepper
Preparation Method for Cauliflower Soup:
Step-01: Place cauliflower, bay leaf, and salt into a pan and add just enough water to cover.
Step-02: Cook till the mixture boils, then reduce the flame and cook for an additional 7 minutes.
Step-03: Drain, reserving the liquid.
Step-04: Meanwhile, melt butter and fry onion and potato for 5 minutes until soft but not browned.
Step-05: Blend in flour and cook, stirring continuously for 2 minutes.
Step-06: Then add milk by stirring and cook till boiling.
Step-07: Add cauliflower, reduce heat, and simmer gently until tender.
Step-08: Puree in a blender or food processor then return to the pan and stir in enough reserved liquid to desired consistency.
Step-09: Check and adjust the seasoning to taste and reheat before serving.
Chickpea Soup
Ingredients for Chickpea Soup:
2/3 cup chickpeas, soaked overnight
3 3/4 cup water
1 tsp. cumin seeds
2 tsp. coriander seeds
1 tsp. fenugreek seeds
3 dried red chilies
1 Tbs. grated (shredded) coconut
2 Tbs. ghee
8 oz. tomatoes, skinned and chopped
1 tsp. ground turmeric
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
Preparation Method for Chickpea Soup:
Step-01: Bring chickpeas and 2 1/2 cups water to a boil, cover, and simmer for 1 hour until tender.
Step-02: Grind cumin, coriander and fenugreek seeds, chilies, and coconut.
Step-03: Heat ghee and fry spices for 1 minute.
Step-04: Puree chickpeas then stir in the fried spices, tomatoes, turmeric, sugar, and salt and add the remaining water.
Step-05: Cook till boiling, then cover with a lid, reduce the flame and cook on simmer for 20 minutes.
Step-06: Remove from flame, serve hot.
Coconut Soup
Ingredients for Coconut Soup:
2 coconuts grated,
2 blades of mace,
1 salt-spoonful of cinnamon,
3 pints of water,
Juice of a lemon,
2 eggs,
1 oz. of fine wheat-meal,
pepper and salt to taste.
Preparation Method for Coconut Soup:
Step-01: Cook the shredded coconut in water till boiling, add cinnamon, mace, and season.
Step-02: Then cook the mixture on low flame for an hour, and then strain through a sieve the mixture and then return the soup to the saucepan.
Step-03: Add wheat-meal, eggs, and lemon juice to form a paste, mix it well in the soup.
Step-04: Then allow the soup to simmer for 5 minutes, and serve hot with plain boiled rice.
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Soup recipe from Homemade25 Soup Recipes for Nutrition and Health Benefits. Be a part of the healthy eating family at viaindiankitchen.com.
Sunday, June 18, 2023
Food Blog Spotlight: Hungry Couple's Soups, Stews and Chowders
- Number 1, the discovery is usually accidental, i.e. they stumbled upon it.
- Number 2, whatever they discovered, it's been there all along!
That's how I find awesome food blogs and I am not ashamed to say that I accidentally found the wonderful food blog called Hungry Couple.
I would have been happy to spend the entire day perusing the Recipe Index. But I was anxious to share these wonderful comfort food recipes with my blog visitors. Why keep all the fun to myself? Enjoy!
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Diet and Nutrition: Yet Another Article About Weight Loss
Here is Some Reinforced Advice to Lose Weight:
Number 1: Weight Loss and Fitness Tips
GQ INDIA published these easy tips, diet hacks and workout routines in the Live Well Section of their online publication tiir. These should help you get started. Intermittent fasting, walking, yoga, and sleeping better are recommended. You should avoid binge-eating but you can swap it with something called “cheat meals”. (Really?)
Easy Weight Loss Tips, Diet Hacks, and Workout Routines
Number 2: Mediterranean Diet? Why not?
Researchers confirm that the main health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet is that it protects against heart diseases. Applying my logic, I say that since everybody has a heart, the Mediterranean Diet must be good for everybody!
Proven Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet
Number 3: Counting Calories, Etc. OK!
Yes dieting requires discipline and you have to be diligent in watching what you eat. You might have to count calories. Yeah! It's not like we didn't know that already! But we have to be told because psychologists say humans respond well to clear direction and positive reinforcement in order to push through anything that takes effort. Dieting definitely takes effort! Do you know how to count calories?
Calorie Counting Dos and Donts
Number 4: We All Know SOUP is Good Food!
My first year at university, I loved to hang out with my friends and eat pizza. Lots and lots of pizza! Needless to say I packed on the pounds! I had to come up with a meal that nutritious and filling. Did you know that a bowl of soup can do the trick? Especially if it's a detox soup. Here are 4 Detox Soup Recipes that melt belly fat because they boost metabolism.
Four (4) Life-Changing Detox Soup Recipes
Number 5: Take It Off and Keep It Off! Here’s How.
Many of us reach our weight loss goals only to gain back the weight. Why? Because we did not maintain the healthy eating and dieting habits we used to lose the weight. How do we take it off and keep it off? Simple. You should “focus on identifying which foods nourish your body and give you the proper fuel you need to live a great life”.
How to Eat Better and Master Your Nutrition
Friday, January 22, 2021
Homemade Soups: Prawn Coconut Soup
Prawn Coconut Soup
Ingredients for Prawn Coconut Soup:
- Shrimps - 1/4 Kg chopped
- Yam - 1 cup
- White Pumpkin - 1 cup chopped
- Beans - 1/2 cup chopped
- Peas - 1/2 cup
- Cucumber - 1/2 cup
- Drum Stick - 1/2 cup
- Coconuts - 1 shell
- Corn Flour - 1 tablespoon
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
- Peppercorns - 2 teaspoon
- Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
- Ginger - 1 Inch size piece
- Green chilies - 4 no's
- Oil - 2 tablespoon
- Salt to taste
Method for Prawn Coconut Soup:
Step-01: Boil the vegetables till soft, chop shrimps.
Step-02: Extract milk from the coconut.
Step-03: Grind peppercorns, green chilies, cumin, and turmeric to paste.
Step-04: Heat oil in a pan and add paste, shrimps and fry for a minute.
Step-05: Add coconut milk and simmer cook for about 15 minutes.
Step-06: Make a lump-free mixture of corn-flour and water, and then add it to the soup.
Step-07: Once the corn mix blends well, the Prawn Coconut Soup is ready, Serve hot.
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Soup recipe from Homemade25 Soup Recipes for Nutrition and Health Benefits. Be a part of the healthy eating family at viaindiankitchen.com.
Friday, January 15, 2021
Homemade Soups: Not Peas and Carrots. Pea or Carrot
Ingredients for Green Peas Soup:
Green Peas - 2 cup
Cabbage - 1/2 cup chopped
Carrot - ½ cup grated
Ajinomoto - 1/8 teaspoon
Sugar – 1/2 teaspoon
Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Soya sauce - 1 teaspoon
Corn flour - 3 tablespoon
Oil - 2 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Method for Green Peas Soup:
Step-01: Boil the peas with water and cook till they become soft, keep aside.
Step-02: Heat oil in a pan and add vegetables and Ajinomoto and fry it on high flame for a minute.
Step-03: Add peas along with water, sugar, black pepper powder, soya sauce salt and stir it well.
Step-04: Mix corn-flour in 1/2 cup of water and add to the above soup and cook it stirring continuously till the soup thickens.
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Carrot Soup
Ingredients for Carrot Soup:
- Carrots - 1/2 Kg
- Masoor dal - 2 teaspoon
- Bay leaf - 2 no's
- Brown Cardamom - 1 no's
- Cinnamon - 1 Inch size stick
- Black pepper - 1/2 teaspoon
- Onion - 1 no's grated
- Sugar - 1 teaspoon
- Milk -1 cup
- Cheese - 1 cup grated
- Oil - 1 tablespoon
- Salt to taste
Method for Carrot Soup:
Step-01: Soak dal in water for two hours and grate the carrots and the cheese meanwhile.
Step-02: Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add bay leaf, cinnamon, and cardamom, and fry.
Step-03: Fry the onions and add dal and carrots along with salt, sugar, and black pepper.
Step-04: Add milk and water together and cover it with the lid, wait for one whistle and then simmer it for 10 minutes.
Step-05: Remove from the flame and keep it aside to cool on room temperature.
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Soup recipe from Homemade25 Soup Recipes for Nutrition and Health Benefits. Be a part of the healthy eating family at viaindiankitchen.com.
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Friday, January 8, 2021
Homemade Soups: Chicken Soup
Chicken Soup
You probably already know there are all kinds of recipe variations for chicken soup. Perhaps this is another recipe to add to your collection.
Ingredients for Chicken Soup:
Chicken legs - 4 no's
Butter - 1 tablespoon
Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Ginger paste - 1/4 teaspoon
Garlic paste - 1/4 teaspoon
Aniseeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Curry leaves - A few
Corn flour- 2 tablespoon
Turmeric powder - A pinch
Salt to taste
Method for Chicken Soup:
Step-01: Heat butter in a pressure cooker, add aniseeds.
Step-02: Add chicken, ginger-garlic paste, curry leaves, and turmeric powder.
Step-03: Cook for 5 minutes, then add pepper powder and salt and cook for 5 mins.
Step-04: Add sufficient water. Pressure cook up to 4 whistles or “til chicken is tender.
Step-05: Mix corn-flour with 1/4 cup of water and add to the liquid into the cooker.
Step-06: Cook for 5 minutes or until thickens and serve hot.
Though not listed in the ingredients, Food Ways suggests adding carrots, potatoes, onions, and bell peppers, to make it heartier. Enjoy the chicken soup hot and hopefully it will warm your soul.
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Soup recipe from Homemade25 Soup Recipes for Nutrition and Health Benefits. Be a part of the healthy eating family at viaindiankitchen.com.
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Homemade Soups: Carrot and Mushroom Soup
Carrot and Mushroom Soup
Ingredients for Carrot and Mushroom Soup:
Carrot - 1 cup
Mushroom - 1 cup
Onion - 1 no.
Oil - 1 tablespoon
Black Pepper - 1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Method for Carrot and Mushroom Soup:
Step-01: Slice the vegetables.
Step-02: Sauté carrot and onion.
Step-03: Add mushroom, water, salt.
Step-04: Boil till vegetables are tender.
Step-05: Add black pepper powder and serve hot.
Enjoy Carrot and Mushroom Soup hot.
♦♦ Soup recipe from Homemade25 Soup Recipes for Nutrition and Health Benefits. Be a part of the healthy eating family at viaindiankitchen.com.
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