Archive for the 'Gram Soups' Category
Bean soup
Ingredients
• 1 cup red kidney beans
• 2 onions (chopped)
• 4 tomatoes (chopped)
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/2 tsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• 1 tbsp. oil
• Salt according to taste
For serving
• 1 tomato (finely chopped)
• 1 green onion (sliced)
• 1 tsp. coriander leaves (chopped)
• Tomato sauce according to taste
Method
1. Soak the beans overnight. Drain thoroughly.
2. Add the beans and 6 cups of water and cook in pressure cooker. Blend […]
Masoor Soup
Ingredients
• 1cup lentil (whole masoor gram)
• 1 medium tomato
• 1 small onion (finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp. ghee or oil
• 1/2 tsp. Chili powder
• 1/8 tsp. Turmeric powder
• Salt according to taste
• A pinch of asafoetida
• A pinch of Cumin seeds
• A pinch of Mustard seeds
• 2 tsp. Lemon juice
• 2-3 cup water
Method
1. Pressure cook lentil. Mash it properly & keep aside.
2. Cut tomato & onion into pieces & blend […]
Moong Soup
Ingredients
• 1/4 cup Moong (green gram , whole)
• Salt, pepper according to taste
• Lime juice according to taste
• 1/4 tsp. cumin seeds
• 1 tsp. butter or ghee
• 2 cups water
• A pinch of asafoetida
• A pinch of turmeric powder
Method
1. Pressure cook washed gram till very soft.
2. Keep aside 1 tbsp. boiled moong. Blend the rest, after cooling.
3. In a pan, heat butter add cumin seeds. When […]
Dal Shorba
Ingredients
• 1 cup masoor dal
• 3 onions (sliced )
• 4 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 1/2 tsp. chili powder (optional)
• 3 tsps curry powder
• 3 tomatoes (cut into big pieces )
• 6 tbsps spinach leaves (chopped)
• 1 tbsp. oil
• Salt and lime juice to taste
Method
1. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onions for a few seconds.
2. Add the crushed garlic, chili and curry powders. Fry […]
lentil soup
Ingredients
• 1/4 cup lentils (whole masoor dal)
• 3 tbsp. butter
• 1 tbsp. oil
• 2 onions (finely chopped)
• 1/2 tsp. grated ginger
• 1 tsp. curry powder or garam masala
• 1 dried red pepper (crushed)
• 1 tbsp. corriander powder
• 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tbsp. flour
• 2 carrots (chopped)
• 2 red potatoes (diced)
• 2 tomatoes (diced)
• 6 cups vegetable stock or water
• Juice of one lemon
• 1/4 cup corriander leaves (chopped)
• 1 […]