Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Bean Soup Recipe

INGREDIENTS

French beans, diced 1/2 cup
Onion and garlic paste 1 tsp each
Water 5 cups
Tomato puree 1 cup
Lemon juice 1 tsp
Butter 1 tbsp
Pepper 1/2 tsp
Parsley for decoration
Salt to taste

Directions

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Fry the onion paste to a transparent stage. Add the garlic paste and the beans. Fry briefly. Add the tomato puree and lemon juice.
Add the water. Season well with the pepper and salt. Simmer, covered, till the beans are cooked. Serve hot, topped with the parsley.

Tomato Soup Recipe

INGREDEINTS
1 kg tomatoes
2 sticks cinnamon
2-3 cardamoms
4 slices of bread (cut into cubes)
2 tbsp corn flour (dissolved in water)
1 cup chicken stock
1 tsp Chinese salt
1 tsp chili sauce
1 tsp Soya sauce
2 tsp oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Boil tomatoes with a cup of water along with cinnamon and cardamoms. Boil until soft.
Blend in a food processor. Transfer the mixture in a pan and add seasoning, corn flour and chicken stock.
Bring to a boil until it becomes thick. Fry bread pieces in oil.
Serve hot with fried bread.

Vegetable Soup Recipe

INGREDIENTS
Onion 1 peeled and chopped into pieces
Potato 1 peeled and chopped into pieces
Tomatoes chopped into pieces 3-4
Corn flour
(depending on the quantity of water) 1-2 tbsp
a little milk
Worcestershire sauce, salt, lemon, pepper
Directions
Put vegetable in a pot and boil for 1 hour. (Enough water should remain after boiling so that consistency is thin). Liquidize and strain.
Dissolve corn flour in a little milk and thicken the soup. Flavor with salt, pepper, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce according to taste.