The medicinal uses of Black pepper are well known. It is one of the trusted home remedies for cold and cough. We have been surviving the Monsoon bug by adding this ‘natural antibiotic’ to our day-to -day meals. We are having this hot spicy Pepper Rasam/ soup almost every day to soothe our itchy throats; a soothing balm to ‘shoo’ away the Monsoon blues. This is of course my Mother-in-law’s recipe and uses very few day-to-day ingredients; Black pepper-cumene seeds –some dried coconut and curry leaves. You can make a ready spice mix and store in an airtight container. Whenever…
Soups
Veg Soup for the Soul
This is one of my favourite soups. Simple and Easy to make…Simply delicious. No specific measurements, just add your favourite veggies I have used :
Spinach-Carrot soup and Stuffed Dinner Rolls
I love having different types of soups for dinner. Many times we have some soup teamed up with sandwiches or a pizza or a burger for dinner- a welcome change from our regular Daal-Chawal . I am tempted to buy Fresh green spinach leaves (Palak) and fresh orange-red carrots every time I visit the market. This time I cooked the two together to make this scrumptious Spinach- Carrot soup- a treat for all the Popeye’s in the world We also had some very soft and fresh dinner rolls from our local bakery. I stuffed them with some potato-beetroot-mushroom filling (usually…
Coriander Soup
From incessant torrential downpour the Monsoon has shifted gear and we now have light showers. That must be sounding like a weather update to you J The wet rainy weather is just perfect for a hot piping Coriander soup, which we had for dinner last night. Photographing soups is quite challenging for me Jand you can see that the result doesn’t make justice to the Coriander soup…It is much more tempting and tastier than it looks in the photo!__________________________________________________________Coriander Soup recipe _____________________________________________________
Carrot Soup
Still no respite from the incessant rains here! After a break of exactly 1 & ½days, Mr.Monsoon has reported back to work. I follow a food routine during this season: 1.This is the season, when I indulge in my favourite fries, bhajjis, samosas etc.. to brighten(???) these wet ,gloomy, lazy days( that’s my excuse). 2.Then Guilt visits me and I am suddenly reminded of words such as nutrition, fat,health etc… 3.Then I follow a strict diet of nutritious healthy foods like veggies, soups etc…to cancel out the not so healthy munchies.