Creamy Vegetable Soup

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Its quite cold outside nowadays and who wouldn't crave for a warm bowl of soup. I love the amazing flavor it gives out and best of all, very healthy and you can make it very creamy without adding cream!! Yeah you read it correct. The following recipe has no cream in it all all. But, it is still very smooth and creamy. I used blendtec to blend this soup. It gave me amazing results.

The secret in achieving this creaminess is cauliflower. Who knew this?!! Not me!! It is very rich and creamy and tastes amazing! I enjoy soup because its the easiest way to get your veggies for the day and best of all, has very less calories. Nothing beats home-made soup and this is made out of very simple ingredients.


Ingredients:

  • Vegetable medley (cauliflower, broccoli, carrot) from Trader Joe's : 1 packet.
  • Onion : 1 medium
  • Capsicum : 1 diced
  • Cumin powder / seeds : 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder : 1 tsp
  • Garlic: 2 big pods
  • Salt : to taste
  • Water
  • Olive oil : 2 tsp
Note: 
If you don't have vegetable medley, use the following instead:
  • 1/2 small cauliflower head.
  • 1/2 cup carrot
  • 8 to 10 broccoli florets.
Method:
  • In a pot, add olive oil and let it heat. Once hot, add cumin seeds (if powder, add it in the end).
  • When cumin starts to crackle, add garlic, onion and capsicum and cook till they soften.

  • To the above, add all the veggies, salt and pour water to cover the veggies. Cover it and let it cook in a medium flame for about 5 mins. 


  • Check to see if the veggies are soft and cooked. This can be checked by poking a knife through the veggies. If it cuts it like butter, its cooked. Its ok if they get mushy . 
  • Let it cool and transfer it to a blender. Blend till smooth or till you don't find any lumps.
  • Transfer to the pot again and boil. This time add pepper powder and more salt if necessary.

Serving the soup:
  1. Serve it hot!! Or warm if your serving it to children.
  2. Top it with any kund of cheese, croutons, toasted seeds such as pumpkin, peanut or even bread as a matter of fact..
Options to blend the soup:
  1. You can use a mixie / blender : for this you need to wait for the veggies to cool down. I although used a blendtec. It did not require me to cool it down a lot.
  2. A hand held blender can be used. I have one, the cuisinart hand blender. It does the job for soups that don't need to be strained such as this. But, if you have to blend tomato soup, I prefer the blendtec since I wouldn't have to strain it. Makes it that smooth.
  3. You dont have to blend it at all. Have it as a veggie clear soup is also a good option.

Let us know how this recipe worked out for you. 
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