Thursday, December 4, 2008

Cream of Broccoli Soup

Broccoli reigns the vegetable kingdom with its high nutritional value.It is rich in Vitamin A,Vitamin C,fiber,folic acid,iron,magnesium,zinc,thiamin,riboflavin etc etc.The dark colored florets contain more beta carotene and Vitamin C than those with the lighter ones.And also am so lucky b'cuz my hubby and little one like to eat broccoli.This is my daugter favorite soup.

Ingredients:-
Broccoli chopped very fine -1 cup
oil or butter - 1 tbsp
onion chopped - 1 tbsp
Garlic chopped - 1/2 tsp
Fat Free cheese - 3tbsp(i use kraft)
Milk - 2 cups ( I use skim milk)
Salt & Pepper - to taste
Method:-
Heat small amt of butter in a pan,add broccoli saute it for 2mins then transfer it into a plate let it cool for 5mins,now put into the blender give 6 to 7 pulse (this step will help to make the broccoli very tiny piecs). Now heat remaing butterin a pan, add onion and garlic and saute till translucent.Add broccoli and saute for a 30sec.Now pour in the milk and keep stir it to avoid burning the milk.Boil for next 10mins.Don’t forget to stir in between.Add salt & pepper to taste.Finally add grated cheese stir it for 1min switch off,serve warm.

(Note:If you don't like cheese you can add lightly sauted all purpose flour for thicking the soup)

1 comment:

Nithya Praveen said...

looks neat....a healthy soup!