Easy Vegetable Soup

I was feeling quite sad thinking I many not be able to take part in Meeta's Monthly Mingle - Liquid Dreams, since I did not have a fancy and pretty glass to photograph. (Yes, I can be quite silly at times). Anyway, there I was, mainly thinking of other events and trying to figure out when to cook what.

That's when it suddenly struck me that I need not make something that should necessarily go into a fancy glass. I can make something nice and hot, and simple too.

So here is my simple veggie soup, that comes to my rescue when I have left over vegetables, when I am too lazy to cook, and when I feel I should have something light and healthy yet filling.


What I Used:

Veggies
Carrots - 1 medium
Beans - 6
White cabbage - a small piece
Green chillies - 2
Spring Onions - 2 stalks

Cornflour - 1 tbsp
Garlic cloves - 8
Water - as needed
Salt - to taste
Soya sauce - one tsp

How I Made It:

1.Cut all the vegetables in tiny pieces, add sufficient water (approx. 1 cup) and boil till its cooked.

2. Once the veggies are done, keep the pan open and bring to boil on sim. Mix the cornflour with some water and add to this. Chop the garlic in tiny pieces and add to the mixture at this point.

3. Bring to boil, adjusting the water consistency. Add salt just before removing from fire.

4. Serve hot, mixed with soya sauce (I love the sour flavour it gives out)

I know this recipe seems very crude but I am always satisfied after a bowl of this. I know many of you out there are seasoned cooks, so all suggestions to make this better, is welcome (with more or less the same ingredients, please) :)

My humble contribution to this month's Monthly Mingle and to Super Soup Challenge.

World's Easiest Snack : Ghee-fried Bananas

Okay, maybe my title is a slight exaggeration but really! This is one simple snack thats yummy too. It used to be my favourite 'tuck' when I was in school and my grandmom used to make it with so much of love and affection (not to mention the amount of homemade ghee that used to go into it - no wonder I was a fat child). Even the last vacation I went home for, Mary, our maid, made this and some pieces were deliberately overdone and burnt, cuz I like them that way. So here we go - ghee fried bananas!


You will need:

Ethappazham/nenthrapazham : 2
Ghee : 4-5 tbsp
Sugar : to sprinkle

Method:

Cut the bananas in circles. The pieces should be 1/2" thick.

Pour ghee into a pan and when it warms up, add the banana pieces. Keep fire in sim and fry them till they turn golden brown.

Sprinkle sugar generously when the banana pieces are still warm.

They taste crispy when warm and soft and spongy when cold.


I would like to send this across to two events, JFI - Banana hosted by Ahaar and 'What's your favourite snack?' hosted by Snackorama.

Announcing 'Show Me Your Cook Books' Event!!

Hello all of you. I am really excited to annouce that I am going to host my first event ever - Show Me Your Cook Books!! The original idea was conceived by Sabrina of YumSugar. I had participated last month and got a lot of comments from you all saying you loved the event idea. That's when I wrote to Sabrina and decided to host it right here in my blog!!

As opposed to all other events that are very dear to us, this one is relatively simpler but definitely fun! Here is what you need to do to take part.

1. Take a picture of yourself with your favourite cookbook (or if you are really shy you can send a pic of your fave cook book, but taken by you, please!) Create a post with the picture and you can tell us a story about how you bought it, anecdotes, things you learnt from it, why you like it, etc, etc.

2. Send me the following details to naagu.v@gmail.com, before September 30th, 2007

(a) Your name
(b) Name of your blog
(c) Permalink
(d) Why you like the book, in one sentence.

Here is the logo for the event, which I created using my favourite book. Feel free to use it. You can see my entry to the original event, here.



So bring out the books and lets get it rolling. Feel free to get back to me in case of questions or suggestions. I would love to hear from you.