How to make Home-Style Mixed Vegetable Soup - A simple thick and healthy soup made with potatoes, carrots and bottle gourd.

This recipe has featured on the show Khanakhazana.

Main Ingredients : Carrots (गाजर), Potatoes (आलू)

Cuisine : Fusion

Course : Soups

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Home-Style Mixed Vegetable Soup
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The best way to describe soups is probably – comfort food. In this home style mixed vegetable soup carrots, potatoes, doodhi and tomatoes are sautéed with onions and cumin seeds, pureed and simmered. What you get is a rich, wholesome healthy and thick soup ready in minutes. Seasoned with simply salt and pepper this quick vegetable soup along with some toasted garlic bread makes a complete nutritious meal.

Prep Time : 0-5 minutes

Cook time : 31-40 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Taste : Mild

Ingredients for Home-Style Mixed Vegetable Soup Recipe

  • Carrots diced 2 medium

  • Potatoes diced 1 medium

  • Bottle gourd (lauki/doodhi) diced 100 grams

  • Tomatoes quartered 4 medium

  • Oil 1 tablespoon

  • Cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon

  • Black peppercorns 7-8

  • Onion sliced 1 medium

  • Salt to taste

  • Sugar 1/2 teaspoon

Method

Step 1

Heat one tablespoon oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and black peppercorns. When the cumin seeds begin to change colour add onion and sauté for two minutes.

Step 2

Add carrots, potato, bottle gourd and stir. Add salt and mix. Add two cups of water, cover and cook till nearly done.

Step 3

Add tomatoes and continue to cook, covered, till all the vegetables are completely cooked. Strain and reserve the liquid.

Step 4

Cool the vegetables and then puree in a blender. Transfer into a deep pan, add the reserved liquid and adjust consistency. It should be quite thick.

Step 5

Bring the soup to a boil. Adjust salt, add sugar and stir. Serve hot.