Cream of Beetroot Soup

This colourful and nutritious Soup is served freshly the Healthy recipe of the Day.Doctors say that this soup makes blood generation easy and make ur skin glow if taken on alternate days-but those who are on Diet pls Excuse.This Soup is deliciously flavored and visually delightful and comforting - if served hot.Begin Each Day with a healthy Soup/Salad and have a Great Day.Enjoy Cooking at home!.Enjoy!.BonAppetit!.

Cream of Beetroot Soup

Ingredients:
2 medium sized Beetroots -quartered or chopped
5 tbsp low-fat cream
1 medium sized onion - sliced
2 garlic cloves
1/4 tsp grated ginger
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
600 ml water
100 ml white sauce
1/4 tsp salt to taste
1 tsp butter

Directions
1.Take a sauce pan,add butter and saute garlic pieces,grated ginger and onion slices.
2.Add beetroot pieces and 400 ml water,wait till it begins to boil.Let it boil for 3-4 mins on good flame.Remove from heat and let it cool.
3.Blend it well and strain it thru a fine sieve.Keep it aside.
4.Bring it to boil 200ml water and add the 100 ml white sauce.Stir it well for a min.
5.Add the beet-puree,1 tbsp cream,salt and pepper and let it simmer for 4 mins on medium flame.Remove from fire.
6.Serve it hot in 4 soup bowls with 1 tbsp cream on top of each Soup bowls and with soup sticks.

For the White Sauce:
Ingredients:
1 tbsp refined flour
2 tsp butter
1 tsp white pepper powder
150 ml low fat milk
a pinch of salt

Directions:
1.Heat butter in a sauce pan add refined flour.saute for 20 secs on low flame.
2.Add the milk slowly and keep on stirring. Keep the flame low and stircook with pepper and salt.


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Raw Papaya Soup

Today Raw Papaya Soup has been served fresh as Healthy Recipe of the Day -a warming and healthy Soup to kick-start a hectic Day. Ripe papaya is eaten fresh- after taking out the skin and the seeds.The raw Papaya that is not fully ripe or raw - can be used in this Soup preparation.This is extremely good for health - a rich source of Iron,Calcium and Vitamins and minerals.Enjoy Cooking at home.Enjoy Ur meal!. BonAppetit!.

Healthy Papaya Soup

Ingredients

2 tsp olive oil or butter
2 shallots (diced)
1 tsp celery
1 clove garlic (chopped)
1 cm ginger - crushed
2 cups Veg(or chicken)stock or water
2 cups papaya puree (that of 200 gms raw papaya)
a pinch of sage
2 bay leaves
salt and fresh pepper powder(or white pepper powder)to taste

Directions

1.Heat the Olive oil or butter in a large sauce pan.
2.Add bay leaves,shallots and celery and saute till it gets tender,for 3 mins.
3.Add the crushed ginger and chopped garlic and saute for a minute.
4.Add the papaya puree and sage and saute for 2-3 mins-till it begins to boil.
5.Add the Veg stock(or chicken stock) or plain lukewarm water and allow this to boil for 5 mins.
6.Season with salt and pepper,reduce the heat and simmer for about 5 more mins.Allow it to cool.
7.Remove bay leaves and crushed ginger and blend the soup.Strain it if U want to or serve as such.
8.Serve it garnished with toasted croutons  and a pinch of pepper and cinnamon powder in soup bowls.

Tips:
U can add Egg White in Step 6 and have as such - without straining it..

U might also like :

* Hot and Sour Chicken Noodles Soup
* Orange Rasam(a M/W recipe)
* Carrot - Ginger Soup
* Healthy Red Veg Combo Soup
* Wheat Soup

Hot and Sour Chicken Noodles Soup

This recipe serves U not the original Chinese 'H n S Noodles Soup' but an Indo-Chinese 'Hot n Sour Chicken Noodles Soup' using fresh South Indian traditional Milagu Thani Chicken Soup for stock(done with 100 gm Chicken pieces with 1/2 tsp salt,1/2 tsp turmeric powder,5-6 ground pepper corns,3 crushed garlic flakes, crushed 1 inch ginger piece  and 1100ml water and Cook this in Pressure pan upto 4 whistle.Strain this to get Indian Chicken Stock. Shredd the chicken pieces left inside to be added to the soup later.U won't be wasting anything).Enjoy Easy and Healthy Cooking!.Enjoy ur Meals!.BonAppetit!.

Hot and Sour Chicken Noodles Soup

Ingredients:
1 cup done noodles(broken well before cooking)
1 stick Lemon grass - tender inner parts only - finely chopped
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp chili sauce
2 tsp corn flour mixed with 1 tbsp water
50 gm boiled Chicken pieces-shredded
1 tsp white pepper powder
2 tsp Olive oil
5 small Spring onions- cut finely
finely chopped 1 cm piece Ginger
finely chopped 2 garlic flakes
2 tsp grated carrots
2 tsp grated cabbage
2 tsp Coriander leaves-finely chopped
2 tsp finely chopped Capsicum
2 sticks of Celery-thinly chopped
1 tsp salt - or to taste
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp butter

For 1 ltr chicken (Soup or) stock:
150 gm Chicken pieces
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
5-6 ground pepper corns
3 crushed garlic flakes
crushed 1 inch ginger piece
1100ml water

Directions:
1.Heat olive oil and butter in a saucepan,add the chopped garlic,chopped ginger and half the spring onion pieces (the onion part).Saute this till (spring) onion becomes tender.
2.Add the grated carrot,grated cabbage,boiled and shredded chicken strips. Add Soy sauce and chilli sauce and stir-fry until it changes color.
3.Add the powdered pepper corns,the other-half spring onion leaves, chopped celery,chopped lemon grass,chopped capsicum and saute for 2-3 mins.
4.Add the done noodles and half coriander leaves.
5.Add the chicken stock(or soup) and bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins.
6.Add salt and sugar to taste.Mix well for 1 min.
7.Add the diluted corn flour mixture and stir until it turns thick.
8.Add the remaining chopped spring onion leaves and the remaining chopped coriander leaves.
9.Add the lemon juice,mix well and turn off the flame.
10.Serve this Hot and Sour Chicken Noodles Soup topped with Herbed Croutons.