Soup Recipes: Mixed Vegetable

Ingredients:

Two handfuls of cauliflower florets
Two handfuls of broccoli florets
1 potato
1 carrot
A handful of sweet corn(frozen or fresh)
A handful of green peas(frozen or fresh)
1 small onion
100 ml whole milk
Half of Knorr vegetable stock cube
2 tablespoons fresh cream(optional)
Salt to taste

Preparation:Peel and chop the onion, potato and carrot. Wash broccoli and cauliflowerin water, drain and keep aside. Put all the vegetable ingredients(onion, potato,carrot,broccoli,cauliflower,sweet corn and peas)in a pan. Cover vegetables fully with water and boil tillvegetables are soft. Alternatively you can also steam the vegetable till soft or pressure cook(two whistles).

When the vegetables are cooked, turn off the flame. Add milk, salt and knorr stock to the soup contents and blend using an electric hand blender. Once again turn on the flame and bring soup to a boil. Lower flame and let soup simmer for a few minutes. Turn off the fire and stir in the fresh cream(optional). Serve hot with warm crusty bread.

If steaming the vegetables, add one or two cups of warm water(depending on whether you would like a thin or thick soup, respectively) before blending the soup with milk. Serving suggestion: Ladle soup into bowl, pour a little thick double cream in the center add a few leaves of fresh coriander or parsley and a black olive on top of it or a quarter of tinned cherry tomato.