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Monday, January 21, 2013

Carrot Orange Soup


Soup is perfect choice for these cold windy days...Here is a lovely combination of carrots and orange to warm up..


Baby carrots-3 cups
Orange-1 medium sized
Yogurt-2 tsp(beaten)
Bay leaves-2 nos
Cloves-4 nos
Garlic-1 no
Ginger-11/2 tsp(minced)
Onion-3 tbsp(small pieces)
Butter-1 tsp
Red Chili flakes-1/4 tsp
Salt & pepper to taste




Method of preparation:
1. Pressure cook carrots with  water, bay leaves and cloves for one whistle.Let cool
2. Grind to soft texture and then add the water used to cook carrots about 1 cup and set aside.
3. Heat the butter and add the onion, garlic and ginger. Fry till the raw smell goes. See that you don't brown the garlic.
4. Add the carrot puree along with salt and chili flakes and cook till it starts to boil.
5. Reduce heat and add the freshly squeezed orange juice and mix well. Just heat it for a minute or two.
6. Add pepper powder and turn off the heat. stir the yogurt into it and mix well.
7. Garnish with coriander leaves and a dollop of yogurt.Serve with bread.


Notes:
1. Do not boil after adding orange juice.I used oranges that were sweet and tart.
2. Use yogurt that is not much tart else add less or you will have a very tangy soup.
3. You can cook carrots in any way till it is tender.
4. Use vegetable stock if you have instead of water.
5. While grinding the carrots grind it coarsely so that you have few pieces to bite.


38 comments:

  1. Unique n healthy soup, so tempting clicks!!!

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  2. health and delicious soup :)
    nice presentation...

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  3. Wow...looks delicious & healthy too...:-)

    Helen
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  4. Good and healthy soup...for a wintery eve.. Slurp..Loved the clicks as well

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  5. Nice combo of sweet and sour! Looks delicious!

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  6. Lovely color...great combo makes healthy soup..delicious..

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  7. interesting combination.. Healthy soup
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  8. Carrots and oranges!! A very healthy and innovative soup

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  9. Mouthwatering soup, yummy.

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  10. So delicious n comfort soup, perfect for this weather...

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  11. like your blue presentation always :) hot and yummy soup..

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  12. A healthy warm soup is a great way to beat the cold Resh this must be so soothing :) hope u are getting better

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  13. It is so cold here too.. Love to have a bowl of this soup now.. Soup looks so colorful and attractive.. Nice clicks as usual, Reshmi.. :)

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  14. Yummy and filling soup,adipoli pics Reshmi.

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  15. Adipoli soup, one needed here everybody is having cold and runny nose.

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  16. Comforting bowl of soup,looks so so tempting..perfect for this weather..

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  17. Looks yum Reshmi, love the pic as well :)

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  18. Tempting soup clicks,true & perfect for this weather..haven't tried oranges in soup,love the tangy flavors!
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  19. Nice combo...Looks like a scrumptious bowl of soup..loved the orange and blue color and the props..very nice Reshmi

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  20. best comfort food during this season!!! and the bread sticks look so perfect near it!!
    Sowmya
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  21. The soup has a lovely orange color...Beautiful bowls,and clicks

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  22. Irresistible soup, definitely comforting and beautiful bowl.

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  23. I am a huge fan of soup and this makes me drool loveeeeeeeeeeee it.

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  24. Super refreshing combo Reshmi...And nice way of presenting it!

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  25. Lovely color and healthy soup.. First time here, you have a lovely space, happy to follow you..

    Spill the Spices

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  26. This soup really looks yummy...I write about baby food in my blog...I think this soup can easily be adapted as baby food...I've provided a link of this page in one of my posts...Useful Links of Baby Food Recipes

    Thanks for sharing this recipe.

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  27. Sounds like a delicious soup,bookmarking this.

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  28. Was searching for an easy & quick recipe with orange, as I had one left over orange in fridge after making orange cake (ahem, it had been lying there for more than a week now :-)....chanced upon your recipe, perfect for me with all the ingredients, and voila...it turned out to be 1 yummy and healthy recipe...in fact I played MasterChef with hubby, asking him to guess the ingredients, and he didnt come up with orange....it was indeed a surprise for him when i told about the orange...thanks for the recipe.

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    1. Glad that you liked it...My hubby was also not able to find out the orange in there...

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  29. Thanks for all the valuable comments..

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