The I hate raw vegetables-but love the soup recipe

1) cut 2 long carrots (must)
2) cut up asparagus ( a must )
3) cut up celery sticks (must)
4) cut up green onions or plain onions (must)
5) mushrooms ( optional)
6) peas (must)
7) corn (optional)
8) garlic - couple of coves
9) pepper
10) salt - very little


Take a well-bottomed pan. add little oil (pref olive or sunflower)
or very little butter.

saute the garlic first
next saute the onions
once they become soft, add the remaining vegetables
(sauteing each for half a minute)
now add 2 cups of water
add salt to taste ( maybe a dash of sugar)
add pepper ( 1 teaspoon)
add any spice ( 1 teaspoon) - I add the pizza seasoning (optional)
and let it simmer for atleast 10 mins
( make sure it doesnt boil) it shd just simmer
your soup is done
if you want to make it thick, scoop out some vegetables from the mixture
run it in the blender and add it back to the soup
by this way, the soup becomes thick and the veggies are nicely mashed up

enjoy some good healthy soup

Indian pasta - recipe 1

My toddler loves penne and indian spice. SO, here is a marriage of the two

1) Make penne al dente. Set aside
2) Heat a pan and add little oil.
3) Add mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add urad daal. Let it splutter.
4) Add chopped onions and fry till it becomes soft
5) Add cut tomatoes and fry it with salt, a dash of chilli powder, a dash of coriander-cumin powder(optional)
6) Once the above mixture becomes soft and a little runny, add the cooked pasta and let it cook
for a few mts

top it with coriander leaves

Quick corainder/cilantro chutney

all you need are just a few ingredients and you get a side dish/dip/spread

blend one bunch of coriander leaves with 1 medium green chilly, 1 garlic clove, and salt to taste.

heat a pan and add a little oil. add mustard , when it splutters , add the blended mixture and fry for 2 mins.

thats it
you get a yummy dish in a jiffy

bon appetit!
( if you like it spicier, you can add more green chillies)

Spinach delight

heat lil oil and add fennel seeds ( a teaspoon)
when it splutters, saute garlic( 3 cloves), 1 big onion and 2 medium tomatoes
saute each of the above separately ( give a min for garlic, 2 mins for onion and tomatoes)
they shd all be quite soft and it shd smell great

once this is done, put the spinach and the sauted ingedients in a blender(with salt)
and blend until smooth

transfer this to a pan and let it cook a lil bit more (abt 5 more mins)

voila
you get a dish to eat with rotis(bread) or rice
and it is quite healthy

Capsicum daal

very simple to make and has a great vegetable

ingredients
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1 capsicum
1 cup moong daal
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp mustard
1 tsp sambar pwdr
1 spoon lemon juice
salt to taste
1 spoon oil
and a dash of love

boil moong daal with a dash of turmeric and salt (preferably in a pressure cooker)
heat oil and let the mustard seeds crackle. add jeera and allow it to crackle
now add the finely cut capsicum and saute for a minute
add salt and just a teaspoon of sambar powder.
Fry til capsicum becomes soft
now add the daal to this mixture
let it boil for 5 mts.
add some lemon juice

garnish with coriander
serve with rotis or even with rice

bon appetit