Creamy Broccoli Soup

When we visited Kodai during the December break, we bought some local fresh vegetables and fruits from there all the way to Chennai. We purchased fresh carrots, radish, broccoli, litchi, oranges etc. Few broccoli went into a pepper stir fry for lunch and the left over broccoli was made into rich creamy soup.

Ingredients (serves 4):

Broccoli – 1

Garlic – 4-5 pods

Onion – 1

Butter – 1 tablespoon

Milk – 1/4 cup (optional)

Salt and Pepper – as needed

Water – 2 cups

Step 1 – Heat the vessel and drop one spoon of butter and let it melt

Step 2 – Once the butter is melted, add the garlic

Step 3 – When the garlic is cooked, add the coarsely chopped onions

Step 4 – Sauté the onions till it turns translucent

Step 5 – At this stage, add the chopped Broccoli

Step 6 – Once its slightly cooked, add 2 cups of water and let it boil and switch off the stove. Let it cool for sometime.

Step 7 – Once its cooled down, filter the boiled ingredients and keep the filtered water aside. Grind the broccoli mixture into a fine paste, adding the boiled water slowly. Grind into a smooth paste.

Step 8 – Mix the left over boiled water and the ground paste and bring it to a boil. If you feel the soup is slightly watery, you can add 1/4 cup of milk after switching off the stove so that it doesn’t crumble. Add salt and pepper and give it a good stir.

Rich creamy broccoli soup is ready to serve. If needed, you can even grind almonds or walnuts along with boiled mixture to have a nutty flavoured soup. This is the most simplest and healthiest soup you can have and its flavourful too. For people who doesn’t like to eat broccoli as stir fry or other preparation this can help in the intake of the vegetable.