Winters mean hot piping food and one thing that comes to mind is a bowl of simmering soup. The delightful aroma of spices with all other ingredients warms the chilliest of any winter night.
In this article we have collected simple and tasty soup recipes so that you can skip the ones that are loaded with preservatives and instead try these homemade healthy soup recipes. No matter if you are in the mood for having a veggie friendly or you are a chicken lover, there is a recipe you and your family will love.
So, what are you waiting for? Head to your kitchen and slurp through these yummy winter soup recipes.
1. Lemon and coriander soup
What all you need?
-2 teaspoon (tsp) oil
-1 tablespoon (tbsp.) lemon juice
-2 tsp each of finely chopped garlic and green chillies
-¼ cup each of finely chopped onions, cabbage, carrots, and coriander
-2 tsp cornflour dissolved in 2 tbsp water
-3 cups vegetable stock
-Salt to taste
How to make it?
-Heat the oil in a deep pan.
-Add garlic and green chillies and saute for a few seconds on a medium flame.
-Then, add onions and saute for 1-2 minutes, followed by cabbage and carrots which must be sauted for another 1 minute.
-Add the vegetable stock, lemon juice, and salt.
-Next, add cornflour-water mixture to it.
-Cook for 2-3 minutes and stir occasionally.
-Add coriander, mix well and serve hot.
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2. Stir-fry soup
What all you need?
-3 whole dry Kashmiri red chillies (broken into pieces)
-4 roughly chopped garlic cloves
-½ cup each of thinly sliced spring onion whites, red capsicum, and shredded cabbage
-1 tsp oil
-2 tsp lemon juice
-½ tsp sugar
-Salt to taste
-1 tbsp finely chopped spring onion greens for garnishing
How to make it?
-Start by soaking the red chillies in ½ cup of hot water for 20 minutes.
-Drain the water leaving behind only 1 tbsp in it.
-Add red chillies and garlic in a mixer and blend to form a smooth paste.
-Take a deep pan and heat the oil in it.
-Add the chilli-garlic paste and saute for some seconds on a medium flame.
-Add spring onion whites, cabbage, and red capsicum and saute for 1-2 minutes.
-Then, add lemon juice, salt, and sugar.
-Add 3½ cups of hot water, mix well and let it boil.
-Simmer for 3-4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
-Garnish with spring onion greens and its ready to serve.
3. Masoor dal and paneer soup
What all you need?
-¼ cup each of masoor dal and low-fat paneer (cottage cheese) cubes
-½ tsp crushed garlic
-½ cup sliced onions
-¾ cup chopped tomatoes
-¼ tsp chilli powder
-1 tsp oil
-2 tsp lemon juice
-Salt to taste
How to make it?
–Heat the oil in a pressure cooker on a medium flame.
-Add onions and saute for 1-2 minutes.
-Add garlic and chilli powder and saute again for a few seconds.
-Then, add masoor dal, tomatoes and 2½ cups of water.
-Mix well and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
-Let it cool slightly and blend to a smooth puree.
-Transfer this to a deep pan, add salt and mix well.
-Allow it to boil for 2 minutes, add lemon juice and paneer.
-Mix gently and serve.
4. Egg drop soup
What all you need?
-4 cups chicken stock
-2 tbsp cornstarch
-1 tsp ground ginger
-¼ tsp garlic powder
-2 large eggs
-2 egg whites
-¼ cup thinly sliced green onions (little extra for garnishing)
-¼ cup corns
-½ tsp toasted sesame oil
-Salt and black pepper to taste
How to make it?
-Take a saucepan, whisk together chicken stock, cornstarch, ginger, and garlic powder, without any lumps.
-Heat over high flame till it boils, and stir occasionally.
-Simultaneously, whisk the eggs and egg whites together in a small bowl.
-Remove the chicken stock from heat, once it boils.
-Stir the broth in a circular manner with a fork or whisk it.
-Then, gently pour the whisked eggs into the soup to form egg ribbons.
-Stir this in the sesame oil, green onions, and corn until combined.
-Season it with salt and pepper.
-Top it with green onions and serve immediately.
5. Chicken clear soup
What all you need?
–1 bay leaf
-2 cinnamon sticks
-2 cardamoms
-3 cloves
-3 green chillies
-1 onion and carrot each
-½ cup cabbage
-150 grams chicken bones
-100 gm boneless chicken pieces
-½ cup coriander
-2 tsp lemon juice
-1 tsp each of peppercorns, coriander seeds, and garlic
-½ tsp ginger
-Salt to taste
How to make it?
-Add bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, coriander seeds, peppercorns, garlic, ginger, green chillies, onions, cabbage, carrot, chicken bones, along with salt and water in a pressure cooker.
-Cook for 5 whistles.
-Remove chicken bones and strain the water.
-Keep this on a flame, add few boneless chicken pieces and boil for 5-10 minutes.
-Add coriander and lemon juice.
-Serve hot.
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