Lemon Coriander Soup is a delicious soup made with vitamin C
rich ingredients like lemon, coriander, carrots and cabbage. Lemon is a rich
source of vitamin C, which in turn helps build immunity from cold and cough and
thus this soup makes for a great healthy recipe. This soup has the delicate
flavours from the stock and the vegetables. The carrot give it a mild sweetness
that balanced the lemon and the chilli perfectly.Lemon's tangy flavours make
this soup scrumptious. This soup recipe is quick and easy-to-make and very
light for stomach and will refresh you instantly . adding black pepper enhance
the flavours in this soup. Enjoy this a healthy soup with piping hot !
Ingredients:
Vegetable oil/Butter-1 tbsp
Vegetable stock/ water -3
cup
Ginger, chopped-1/4 tsp
Garlic chopped -2
flakes
Onion, chopped -1
btsp
Cabbage, chopped-1 tbsp
Carrot chopped- 1tbsp
Corn-1tbsp
Green chil, chopped-2
Pepper powder-1/4 tsp
Salt-to taste
Coriander stem, chopped-2 tbsp
Coriander leaves finally chopped- 1/2 cup
Lemon juice- 1 tbsp
Corn flour-2 tsp in 2 tbsp water
For Stock: Use vegetable stock. You can add onions, carrots,
garlic, tomatoes, celery and peppercorns. You need to boil all these in water
for about 15-20 minutes. Pour the stock through a sieve and it for the soup
Method:
1.Wash coriander leaves and vegetables well. Chop the
coriander leaves and the veggies finely.
2.Take a pan and heat 2 tbsp of oil/butter in it. Add chopped
chillies, onions, garlic and ginger to this, and sauté till they look golden
brown.
3.Add chopped cabbage ,carrots and corn to the
pan. for vegetable
stock. You can choose any vegetable of choice. Add four cups of water to this and let it boil for about 15
minutes.
4.Now that it is boiled, switch the flame off and strain the
water. Remove the vegetables and your vegetable stock is ready.
5.Add few chopped vegetables to it to make your soup
interesting .(I used cabbage, carrot, onion, corn )Stir for few seconds.
6. Then add vegetable stock,
green chili and coriander stem in the pan. Mix it well, let it boil for few minutes on medium flame.
7.Dissolve corn flour in2 tbsp. water. Add corn flour paste in
the wok with continuous stirring with spatula to avoid any lumps in the soup.
Cook it for another 1-2 minutes.
8. Finally add some salt and pepper for taste and half of the coriander leaves and salt.
Mix it well. Let it boil for another 2-3 minutes on low flame.
9.Switch off the flame, Take the soup into a bowl, squeeze some lemon juice into
it and garnish with few coriander leaves.
9.Delicious lemon coriander soup is ready to serve, serve hot.
Note:If a clear soup is desired, add more vegetable stock
and less of the vegetables. Similarly, for a thicker consistency, the quantity
of corn flour can be increased as well.
