This is a very healthy and low fat soup recipe as it does not have cream or cornflour in it. I have added a boiled potato to give texture and thickness to the soup. This soup tastes great and can help you lose weight. Today let us learn how to make Broccoli Soup following this easy recipe.
How to make Broccoli Soup
Prep time – under 10 mins
Cook time – under 15 mins
Serves -2
Ingredients needed
Broccoli – 1 cup (chopped)
Potato – 1 small (boiled and cubed)
Onion – 1
Garlic – 4-5 cloves (minced)
Oil – 2 tsp
Salt and pepper powder to taste
For garnishing
Broccoli florets – 2 blanched and chopped finely (optional)
Preparation
Wash and chop broccoli. Use the florets alone. You can use the stem for making vegetable broth.
Chop onion and mince garlic.
Cook potato, peel the skin and cut it into cubes.
Method
Heat oil in a pan, add finely chopped onion and garlic, saute until onions turn translucent.
Add 1 cup chopped broccoli, cooked potato, salt needed and saute for another 2 minutes.
Add 1 cup of water or vegetable broth, simmer and cook until broccoli becomes tender.
Allow it to cool and blend it to a smooth puree. Add 1 1/2 -2 cups of water and reheat the soup.
Add pepper powder to taste. Garnish with finely chopped broccoli.
Serve hot with brown bread. It makes a filling meal. You can adjust the consistency of the soup as per your personal preferences.
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The addition of boiled potato is a very good idea - both for the texture and for making it a wholesome, filling meal. Thank you for this!
This is the perfect season to slurp healthy soup, nice serving bowl. :-)
I am definitely going to try this. Like the idea of adding potato. Happy Pongal!
Very healthy soup and loved the addition of potatoes to it. Definitely going to try it
Dear Padhu,
For weight loss all ingredients are good except potato because Potato is full of carbohydrates which provides energy.
In weight loss program we avoid carbs in order to use fat as energy.
please tell me why you mention potato if this is a weight loss soup.
I appreciate your work.
with regards
Arjun
Yes, Arjun I agree with you but I have used a very small potato. Usually we add maida or cornflour to thicken soups which is very harmful for us, so in other to avoid that I have used a small potato. A small piece of potato is not going to affect in any way.
It's not a good idea to avoid carbs totally for weight loss.Balanced meal is right option which include carbs fats and proteins in significant amount.
Very nice recipe...trying this today only...
Awesome recipe! Tried today.. Hubby & me loved it !
Thank u for the recipe
Thanks for nice recipe
nice post