Orzo Soup

This is a very Quick and easy soup.
It tastes great with some toasted bread or just by itself.
And you need very few ingredients to make it.
So go ahead and try some!

Ingredients-

4 cups Vegetable/chicken stock or just water will do too.
1 Onion, cut in small dices
1 cup Corn(frozen)
1/2 cup Orzo(rice shaped italian pasta)
1 tsp hot sauce
Salt to taste
Juice of 1 Lime.

Method-

Place all the ingredients, except the limejuice, in the cooker.
Pressure cook till 1 whistle and switch off the gas.
Let the pressure drop on its own.
After you open the cooker, add the limejuice.
And its ready to serve.

Enjoy!

Lemony Egg Soup

This recipe is again from one of my favourite- Rachel Ray's Kitchen.

My daughter is very fond of soups, so I try to make different varieties of soups for her.

This soup recipe is really very simple and quick and very easy to make.

It needs just a few things which we always have at hand.

So basically it is one of those rainy day recipes.

But definately worth making on any other day too!

Ingredients-

4 Eggs

6 cups Chicken stock/ Vegetable Stock

1 big Lemon

1 Bay Leaf

1 tsp Hot sauce

A pinch of Saffron

Method-

Take the stock in a pan and start heating it.

Add a bayleaf, rind of 1 lemon and a pinch of saffron.

Let it boil.

After it starts boiling, close the Gas and let it steep for 5 minutes.

Take the juice of 1 lemon in a bowl.

Add 2 full eggs and 2 egg yolks to it and beat well.

Add Hot Sauce to it.

Add a ladleful of the stock(from the gas) to the eggs and beat well.

Then add this to the stock on the gas.

Keep on medium heat and keep stirring for about 10 mins.

Garnish it with chopped Cilantro.

And serve hot.

To make this soup as a complete meal, you can add cooked orzo or any other kind of pasta in the end and Enjoy!

A Soup and A Stir-Fry

I often make this combo for a vegetarian Dinner.

It is vegetable Soup and Broccoli Stir-Fry.

The recipe of the soup comes from the kitchen of Rachael ray with slight variations and the broccoli stirfry is just a simple Indian variation for a vegetable that I like very much!

All in all this combo is very healthy and low cal.

For the Vegetable Soup-

You will need-

1 big Onion

2 Tomatoes

1 tsp chopped Garlic

1 cup chopped Celery

2 Carrots

A hanful of Green Peas

A handful of Green Beans

1 Potato

Salt

Black Pepper Pwdr

Poultry Seasoning(optional)

Olive Oil

Method-

Chop all the vegetables roughly.

I normally follow-chop and drop principle.

In a big vessel, heat 1 tbsp Oil.

Saute Onion and Garlic for a while.

Add Celery and Tomatoes.

Mix well.

Add the Carrots,Potato, Green Beans and Peas.

Keep stirring it occasionally.

Add salt and pepper and 1 tbsp poultry seasoning.

Instead of poultry seasoning you can also add Italian seasoning or any other combination of herbs of your choice.

Roast well and then add 2 glasses of water.

You can also add vegetable stock.

Boil well and serve immediately.

You can also add pieces of boneless chicken in the soup if you like.

And instead of vegetable stock you can add chicken stock too.

The Broccoli Stir-Fry is a very easy, quick and healthy dish.

You will need-

1 head of Broccoli chopped into florets

1 medium Onion, chopped

1 tsp Cumin seeds

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

1 tsp Red Pepper flakes

Salt and Black Pepper pwdr

1/2 tsp Garam Masala pwdr

1 tbsp Oil

Method-

Heat oil in a skillet.

Splutter mustard seeds and cumin seeds.

Add the onion.

Saute till it turns pink.

Add the broccoli florets.

Put in all the spices and salt.

Cook on high flame till all the spices coat the broccoli well and it is just tender,but still has a crunch to it.

Serve immediately just like that or with Rotis or Rice.