Palak Soup

2  small spinach bunches cleaned and washed
2 small carrots peeled and washed
1 big tomato washed
Pressure cook all above for 5 minutes adding little water and grind to a fine paste
Add 2 cups of water and 1 can of chicken broth ( adjust consistency according to your preference)
Heat 2 tbspn oil and fry 1 finely chopped onion until golden brown.
Add this to the soup along with salt to taste, chilly sauce, vinegar and pepper powder according to your liking.
Garnish with croutons and serve.

Tomato/Carrot Soup



tomato carrot soup



Method -

1 kg ripe red tomatoes 1/2 kg carrots

 skin the carrots and wash

 wash the tomatoes

3 to 4 green chillies

 cook together in the pressure cooker with 4 whistles

when cooled remove from the cooker and blend it in the mixer  to a smooth paste

 Add sufficient water according tro ur consistency

 Add chicken broth ( optional)

Add salt to taste
Add 1 tabspn sugar 

 Chop 1 onion

 Heat 1 tab spn oil or ghee

Fry the chopped onion in to golden brown

 Add this to the tomato soup

 If needed add  hot chilli sauce , pepper powder, bread crumbs  etc while relishing the soup

Horse Gram Curry / Soup | Konkani



Horse gram Rasam (Kulitha  Kadi )

Method

 1  cup horse gram ( wash and remove stones while washing )

 Cook in the cooker with 5 to 6 whistles   adding three  to four cups water

Remove cooked water and keep  in another vessel

 Grind one fistfull of cooked horse gram in to fine paste and add to the cooked water to make the consistency little thicker . Add water again to make it  thin according  to ur consistency  .

Add salt to taste 

 Heat 2 tbspn oil ,

 Add mashed 5 to 6 cloves of garlic  

 Stir the garlic turning often till they r brown in color .
add3red  chillies chopped and stir a while 
 Remove from fire and add to the soup

Upkari -( Dry curry of the cooked horse gram )
Heat 1 or 2 tabspn oil ,
 Add 1 tspn mustard + 2 tabspn chopped onion + a few curry leaves +1 tspn asafotida powder + 3 red chillies chopped
 when the mustard splutters , and the onion is brown in color

 Remove from fire and add to the cooked horse gram

 Add salt to taste
Add2 tbspoon  grated  coconut to add to the taste .


Horse Gram dry curry ( Kulitha upkari-Konkani cuisine )

 A   VERY  HEALTHY CUISINE !