Soups

In my family, soups are prepared only when a person falls sick. Soup is considered a light and nutritious meal to aid the person's recovery. After the person is up and active soup is not in his/her diet anymore. It need not be so.

Soup can be a part of our diet as a snack or main course, when more thick grains or grain derivatives are thrown in.

Veg Dal soup

Any lentils like Toor dal or chenna dal can be added with vegetable to get a thick soup. Wheat flour can be added to thicken the soup, if it is thin.

Broccoli Soup

Broccoli's are rich in fiber and nutritious. Broccoli along with tomatoes, onion, garlic and ginger can be cooked to form a thick soup. You can add some Moong dal for thickness

Soyabean curd Soup

Thick slabs of processed and hardened soya bean milk is available in stores. It is called 'Tau' in Chinese language. Bean curd is very soft and does not require to be cooked with a pressure cooker. Slices of bean curd can be added to any vegetable soup base to enhance the taste and flavor.

Tomato Soup

Tomatoes are omnipresent in our diet and to reap the nutritional benefits of this vegetable, we can also take it as a soup. To enhance the taste, ginger or garlic can be added when cooking tomato.

Greens Soup

Greens can be boiled to extract their soup.