Minestrone Soup - Italian Style

Introduce

Chef :

Bethica Das

Minestrone Soup - Italian Style

#SoupSalad - A delicious and a nutritious Italian soup which has all the goodness of vegetables and greens too. It serves as a one-pot meal and is very healthy and filling at the same time. Carrots, potatoes, zucchini, mushrooms or broccoli can also be added to the soup. In short, any vegetables you can lay your hands on. Boiled and shredded chicken or mutton pieces can also be added for a non-veg. version.

Ingredient

1-2

onions, diced

1 tsp.

garlic cloves, chopped

2 tbsp.

olive oil

bay leaves

1/2 cup

french beans, diced

1 stalk

celery, diced

1/2 cup

kidney beans (rajma), boiled

1/2 cup

white chick peas (kabuli chana), boiled

1/2 cup

frozen peas

1/2 cup

assorted Bell peppers, diced

3 1/2 cups

stock (vegetable / chicken / mutton)

tomatoes

1 tbsp.

tomato paste

1/2 cup

pasta, boiled

to taste

salt and pepper

2 tsp.

dried herbs (sage, oregano, rosemary basil)

1 tbsp.

cheese, grated

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Blanch the tomatoes in hot water for 5 minutes. Discard the skin and chop them. Heat oil in a deep pan and saute the bay leaves and garlic for a few seconds.

* Step 2

Add the onion and fry till translucent. Then add the french beans and celery and stir for a minute. Now add the stock and simmer on low flame till the veggies are soft.

* Step 3

Add the tomatoes, tomato paste and bell peppers and simmer for a minute or two. Then add the boiled kidney beans, chick peas. boiled pasta, spinach leaves, parsley, dried herbs, salt and pepper.