700. Cauliflower and Chickpea soup

    If you browse through the internet, you will be inundated with recipes with cauliflower as the main ingredient especially if one is trying to follow a vegan or paleo diet. Cauliflower rice, cauliflower pizza base, cauliflower tortillas etc etc etc. Besides cauliflower rice, I’ve yet to try my hands on the other recipes.

Protein sources in this recipe are cauliflower, chickpea, potato, milk.

By no means am I claiming or supporting any sort of fad diet that are the latest craze in the fitness world. I’m just trying to include non meat non fish dishes from which you can get your protein source. 

 

 

 

 

CAULIFLOWER AND CHICKPEA SOUP
Serves 4

2 cups (approx.250g) cauliflower florets
2 medium potatoes , peeled and diced
4-6 cloves of garlic, peeled
2 cups water or vegetable broth
1 cup milk or cream
1 tbsp butter or olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 cup boiled chickpeas
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp zaatar or dried herb of your choice
½ tsp coarse pepper powder

1. Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil or butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
2. Add garlic and stir fry for a few seconds.
3. Add cauliflower, potatoes and salt.
4. Mix well. Cover the saucepan with a lid and let the vegetables cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
5. Add water or vegetable broth and mix.
6. Cover the saucepan again and let the vegetables cook till done.
7. Cool the mixture a bit.
8. Put the mixture in a blender and process it to a smooth consistency.
9. Strain the soup through a sieve and put it back into the saucepan.
10. Add milk or cream and heat the soup over medium heat.
11. In another small saucepan, heat 1 tsp olive oil
12. Add chili powder and the chickpeas. Sprinkle salt over it if its not cooked in salted water.
13. Mix it well.
14. Spoon the soup into serving bowls.
15. Top it with the curried chickpeas, dividing it equally.
16. Sprinkle coarse pepper powder and zaatar or a herb of your choice.
17. Serve with our favorite bread.

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