Recipe- Easy To Make Carrot Ginger Soup

Carrot soup is easily digestible, tasty yet healthy soup dish which can be made in few mins without much effort. Carrots are good source of several vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin A (from beta-carotene), biotin, vitamin K, potassium and vitaminB6. Adding carrots in the daily menu of kids is a good option. This easy carrot soup is not a clear soup but thick soup hence there is no way for wastage.

Ingredients

Carrots preferably fresh – 400grams or Chopped 1 big cup
Potato – ½ chopped Optional
Onion -1/2 sliced
Ginger – 1inch
Garlic – 2pods Optional
Cooking oil/Ghee – 1tbsp
Salt & Pepper powder – ½ tsp or as required
Mint leaves - few
Water – 2 cups

Method

* Wash, peel and chop 4 to 5 big fresh carrots and half size potato(Purely optional)

* Peel one inch ginger, chop and 2 pods garlic

* Slice half big onion

* Heat 1Tbsp of cooking oil or ghee in a pressure cooker or soup pan. Add chopped onions.

* Saute for a min and add cleaned ginger, garlic again toss for a min till the raw smell goes away.

* Add chopped carrots and potatoes if using, mix everything . No need to sauté.

* Put mint leaves.

* Add half of the salt mentioned

* Pour two cups (approx.) of water and close the cooker lid/sauce pan lid.

* If using cooker two whistles are enough to cook. In case of pan ten minutes until carrots are cooked well.

* Once the pressure drops open lid and drain the cooked carrots. Keep the broth(cooked water)

* Remove the mint leaves.

* Blend the vegs into a smooth paste

* Keep a tawa /same sauce pan on stove. Add ground paste along with the broth, mix into thick soup consistency.

* Give it a boil no more than a min. Adjust consistency of the soup.

* Add half spoon of fresh ground pepper powder and salt to taste.

* Delicious easy carrot soup is ready. Serve hot.