Beetroot Soup without Onion & Garlic

Beetroot Soup without Onion & Garlic

Today I tried a very different soup. All these days I was thinking that Soups cannot be done without Onion and Garlic but to my surprise, today I didn't use any garlic or onion, and it came very well.  You don't believe; My father-in-law will never take any contemporary dishes such as soups, but today, after tasting the soup, he asked for the second time. Oh! that was a great thing. I felt like, "VASHISHTAR VAAYAAL BRAHMARISHI PATTAM VAANGINADHU POLA"...

 

 

Ingredients

 

White Pumpkin (Chopped) - 1 cup

Beetroot (Chopped) - 1 cup

Sweet Corn - 1/2 Cup

Tomato - 1

Ginger - a small piece

Green Chilli - 1

Coriander leaves (finely Chopped) - 1/4 cup

Cumin Powder - 1tsp

Pepper Powder - 1tsp

Salt - to taste

(Actually I used the water of pumpkin, beetroot and corn which I boiled separately in pressure cooker for today's lunch.)

 

Method

 

Boil the Pumpkin, Beetroot and Corn separately in a pressure cooker. Don't drain the water.

Peel off the tomato skin and cut it into big pieces.

Grind tomato, green chilli, ginger and little coriander leaves. Make it to a fine paste.

Take a thick bottomed pan, add the paste, boiled vegetables with the water and cumin powder and mix it well. Bring to boil in low flame.

Add salt.

Garnish with pepper powder and coriander leaves. Serve hot.

 

As it is without Onion and Garlic, we can take during our Vrath days also.

Have a nice day. 

 

 

 

Mixed Fruit Jam - Home Made

MIXED FRUIT JAM  -  HOME MADE

I tried this Mixed Fruit Jam with the fruits that I bought for Vinayaka Chathurthi. And , trust me, it came very well. I love to give the recipe.



 

Ingredients

Apple - 2
Banana - 2
Pomegranate - 1
Black Grapes - 2 cups
Papaya - 2 Cups
Pine Apple - 5 slices
Lemon Juice - 2tsp
Sugar - 1/2 kg

* You can take fruits of your choice. If you want your Jam to be dark in colour then you can have more strawberries and black grapes. Take banana for that beautiful smell of the jam.

Method

1. Clean all fruits, and grind well in a mixer grinder to get a fine fruit pulp. (I got 4 cups of fruit pulp. So I took 2 cups Sugar - approximately 1/2 kg)

2. In a thick bottomed pan pour the pulp and add sugar and mix well and keep in medium flame. (If you use Induction Stove, then you can opt for slow cook option - this works really well)

3. If it starts thickening, then add lemon juice and mix well and continue.

4. Cook until jam thickens. It may take 1 to 1.30 hours in low flame. Stir regularly. You can stop cooking until the consistency is reached.

5. Remove from heat, allow to cool slightly. Immediately store in a sterilised Bottle.

To check if Jam is ready:

* If you pour your Jam, it should not flow in drops.

* Pour few drops of jam in a plate, it must stay firm without flowing.

How it looks? Try yourself and enjoy the taste. Definetely it tastes more than the branded one because it is the fruit of our labour. Am I right?

Have a Nice Day.