Recipe: Spinach Zucchini Soup Spinach Zucchini Soup is an excellent way to enjoy both spinach and zucchini. Simple ingredients like onion, garlic and fresh coriander add flavour and the potato provides the slight thickness. To elevate it to the next level, I suggest you serve it with a blob of chutney, pesto or flavoured oil. This soup is suitable for those on a vegan diet or for those who need gluten free soup. Memories I had a surplus of zucchini/courgettes in the fridge. Hubby wanted some soup for dinner. I chopped up some zucchini, onion, a potato and made the soup. Not only did it lack flavour but the colour of the soup was not too appealing. Next time I made the soup, I added…
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Continue ReadingBroccoli Coconut Soup Broccoli Coconut Soup is a homemade, creamy, vegan, gluten free, healthy and filling soup. Easy to make, chopped almonds add a crunch to this delicious soup. Weather in Mombasa A bit of a drizzle and most of us in Mombasa presume that the cold season has begun. Its time to have hot bhajias, hot soup, any hot comfort food. On a serious note it never gets that cold in Mombasa to have those kind of urges. That does not mean we do not make soups and bhajias(fritters). We just set the air conditioner on a lower setting to feel cold! Rainy season brings on some flooding in some parts of Kenya. Rivers overflow, villages get destructed, roads and bridges get washed off. In…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Vegetarian Mushroom Soup Vegetarian Mushroom Soup is wholesome, healthy, creamy and so delicious. Makes a perfect meal during the cold season. I enjoy homemade soups accompanied with some salad and bread as a light meal. Many restaurants serve mushroom soup that has been made in a non vegetarian stock. Packet soups contain too much cornstarch, artificial flavours and additives. Therefore I prefer to make my favourite soup at home. Memories Mushroom soup is one of my favourite soups. Every time I make it, I remember the mushroom soup that was served at Driftwood in Malindi. While my family were having their choice of fish or chicken, I was not left with much of a choice. It was either vegetable curry or soups. So…
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Continue ReadingA Very Simple Vegetable Soup Mum’s Vegetable Soup is an easy to make soup without any oil, dried herbs, or spices besides pepper powder. Its one of the healthiest, nutritious and comforting soups that I enjoy. All you need are fresh vegetables like peas, potato, cauliflower, carrot, tomato, French beans and fresh corn if available. Why is it called Mum’s Vegetable Soup My mum didn’t know how to cook any other cuisine bedsides the Gujarati one. However some of her simple attempts at something different were definitely her own style like her pasta dish or her peas and egg pulao. One such preparation was the simple vegetable soup. The Nairobi Agricultural Show was a big event for our family. We would have a stall at the…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIES_ REDOING OLD POSTS #14 RECIPE: CARROT GINGER SOUP Carrot Ginger Soup is an easy to make, delicious, warm, comforting, creamy soup to sip on to ward off the cold. Fresh ginger helps to boost your immunity against flu and also adds warmth to your body. Add turmeric powder if you wish to increase the immunity factor. THE GROUP – FOODIES_REDOING OLD POSTS Carrot Ginger Soup is what I had the opportunity recently to update as the weather is getting cold in Bangalore. Evenings call for something comforting and nutritious. Contributing this recipe for the Group called Foodies_Redoing Old Posts which is Renu’s baby. This group encourages food bloggers to visit their old forgotten posts and breathe a new life into them either by…
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Continue ReadingRECIPE: TOMATO CARROT SOUP Tomato Carrot Soup is an easy to make, delicious, creamy soup. Doesn’t require many ingredients and the best part is that you can either roast the ingredients or simply stir fry and cook them in a pot. If I’m not time constrained then I prefer to roast the tomatoes, carrots, onion and garlic. If I want a soup in a jiffy then I simply saute the ingredients in a pan with some oil or butter. After adding the water or stock allow it cook for a bit and puree. Tomato Carrot Soup And Me I’m a huge fan of tomato soup and can have it practically everyday. In fact I make a huge batch and keep some in the fridge to…
