Recipe for Vegetable Soup is perhaps the most popular preparation among the different soup recipes prepared by chefs across India. The reason for this is not difficult to understand when you take into consideration a large number of vegetarians present in India. The vegetable soup recipe is used most commonly by chefs searching for an ideal starter dish to be served before lunch or dinner.
Although taken throughout the year, the demand for the recipe of Vegetable soup especially increases in the winter season, when homemakers across the nation search for some easily preparable items to keep their family warm. For all those who are searching for how to make Vegetable soup at home, it is important to mention that this dish can be easily prepared at home, at a very low cost, and without much hassles.
The vegetable Soup recipe is used for preparing a nutritious dish, which is very commonly given to sick individuals recovering from various diseases. For all those who are searching as to how to make Vegetable soup at home, it is important to mention here that the Vegetable soup recipe Indian variety can be grossly divided into 2 types – A) Recipe of Vegetable clear soup & B) Recipe for Vegetable Soup (concentrated variety).
Vegetable soup recipe healthy for people described here in our article is also divided into 2 parts - Recipe for vegetable clear soup (described initially) followed by Recipe for mix vegetable soup (concentrated variety). Vegetable soup recipe for weight loss is prepared in most hospitals is the Recipe for vegetable clear soup described here, as it contains very less carbohydrate & almost no fat content.
Vegetable soup recipe easy to prepare at home, as described here is prepared with ingredients that are available everywhere in the Indian sub-continent, at a very reasonable cost throughout the year. The vegetable soup recipe homemade described here has been specially written keeping in view the ordinary homemakers, who are may not have much cooking experience.
All those who want to know how to make vegetable clear soup at home should remember the basic principle involved here is – the ratio of the volume of all vegetables should be approximately ½ of the volume of water present in the final preparation/dish. For example, if “X” cup of water is present in the final product prepared by using Recipe of Vegetable clear soup, then the volume of vegetable mixture present in the final dish should be “X/2” cup only.
The Recipe for Vegetable Soup preparation for all those who want to know how to make Vegetable soup at home starts with the cutting of vegetables. However, before cutting the vegetables mentioned in the Vegetable soup ingredients described above, the vegetables should be initially washed properly in normal tap water. Then these are cut very finely and kept aside.
Besides what is mentioned above in vegetable soup ingredients of Recipe for vegetable clear soup, other vegetables or Mushrooms can be also added, depending on personal choice.
Next as part of Vegetable soup recipe preparation, put a non – stick deep vessel pan/Karahi on a low medium flame burner. Add 2 tablespoons oil/1 tablespoon butter to it and allow the contents to warm up. Next, add grated garlic cloves in it and sauté till the raw smell disappears. Next, add onion pieces to the pan/Karahi and stir it just for 1 or 2 seconds. In the picture below, the 2 previously mentioned steps are shown together, for clarity of the readers.
After this step, add all the remaining cut vegetables as described above in Vegetable soup ingredients to the Karahi and fry them for approximately 1 minute.
Next, add 3 cups of water & salt to the previous mixture. Cover the lid of the container and allow the contents to boil for 8 to 10 minutes till the vegetables become soft. Next, add Vinegar to the mixture preparation and mix the contents evenly.
Meanwhile, in ½ cup water add 1 tablespoon corn-starch and mix the components evenly so that no lumps are formed. Mix this solution with boiling soup (under preparation) and mix them evenly with the soup mixture by stirring it with a spatula.
The soup preparation thus becomes thicker in texture, than what was before. However, in this step of the Vegetable soup recipe, it should be ensured that the preparation shouldn’t become extremely thick. In case if that happens a little water (as per need) should be added to dilute the preparation.
Switch off the burning oven and mix pepper powder and milk/fresh cream & Ajinomoto to the soup preparation and stir the mixture, so the components mix evenly. This brings us to the end of this recipe of Vegetable soup and the preparation of Vegetable Clear soup is now ready for serving to your friends & family.
However, it would be important to check the salt content in the preparation before serving it to others, so that if needed extra amount can be added as per requirement. The Vegetable clear soup is now served hot for all to enjoy.
Mix Vegetable Soup is the 2nd variety of Recipe of Vegetable soup that we would be discussing here. This Recipe for Vegetable soup creates a final product that produces a final dish of much thicker & viscous consistency. Mix vegetable soup is also considered by some to be tastier than vegetable clear soup discussed earlier, which is relatively bland.
In a Recipe of mixed vegetable soup besides regular vegetables, other items like noodles, potatoes, rice, mushrooms, tofu/ paneer cubes, or Makhana also can be added. Thus, the Recipe for mixed vegetable soup consists of multiple vegetables along with other different ingredients. However, these ingredients used in this type of vegetable soup recipe can vary a lot depending on individual preferences or choices.
In a non – stick deep vessel pan/ Karahi take 1 ½ tablespoon butter. Allow it to warm on a low flame burner. Next, add grated Garlic to it and sauté till its raw smell goes away. Later add chopped Onion and sauté for 1 minute.
Next, add the remaining chopped vegetables mentioned in Vegetable soup ingredients used in the Recipe of mixed vegetable soup as described above, to the contents on the Karahi and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes. Next, add 3 cups of water to it. Cover the lid of the container and allow the contents to cook until the vegetables become soft.
Once the above step is completed, transfer the container from the oven to a normally flat surface and place another container on the burning oven. In this new container put 2 cups of normal water & little salt in it and allow the water to boil. Next, add broken noodles to the boiling water.
Once the noodles become soft then take out the noodles from the water and mix them to the contents of the previous container, having boiled vegetables & mix the contents evenly. Now shift the container having the food preparation to a low medium flame burner.
Now make a solution of Corn Starch powder with 1/4th cup water and mix it nicely with the vegetables, along with sugar. No lumps should be present in this solution. Next, this Corn starch solution is added to the vegetable – noodles mixture, and mix all the contents evenly. Allow the contents to boil/cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
The preparation would become thicker and concentrated in texture. Add Magi Masala magic powder & salt to this preparation and boil for 1 minute, and then switch off the oven & add Soya sauce to the contents and mix everything evenly.
This brings us to the end of the Recipe of mixed vegetable soup preparation. Mix vegetable soup is ready now for serving to your friends or family members.
