Spinach soup

Ingredients:
1) Spinach leaves(w/o stem) - 100 gms
2) Small onion - 50 gms
3) Coriander leaves(w/o stem) - 25 gms
4) Mint leaves(w/o stem)- 25 gms
5) Garlic cloves - 3
6) Salt, Pepper - to taste
7) Water - 1/2 ltr
8) Butter
Method of preparation:
1) Wash spinach leaves, coriander leaves, mint leaves thoroughly with water.
2) Chop spinach leaves, coriander leaves, mint leaves, small onion, garlic finely.
3) Heat pan. Add 1/2 ltr of water. Add the chopped greens, small onion and garlic finely. Add salt and pepper.
4) Simmer heat and allow water to boil. Cook for 10-15 mins.
5) Allow mixture to cool. Blend the mixture using a blender.
6) Heat pan. Add a dollop of butter. Pour the blended mixture to the pan. Allow it to boil. Switch off.
The soup was tasty, though it was not very pleasant to look at(dark green in color). The only mistake was that the soup was a little salty. Else, it was a change to savour.

Vegetable soup

I am back after a really long time. Soups were always a favorite with Haniel. Chicken, Vegetable, any kind of soups, he relished at restaurants. I tried making soups at home. But somehow, it din't taste that good. One such recipe I found in Vanita(mag for women by Manorama), tempted me to try. It sounded nutritious and yes, it was tasty.
Ingredients:
1) Tomato - 50 gms
2) Carrot - 50 gms
3) Cabbage - 50 gms
4) Sambhar onion - 50 gms
5) Garlic - 2-3 pods
6) Salt, pepper - to taste
7) Butter/Oil - 1 small tsp
8) Water - 1/2 ltr

Method:
1) Chop tomato, carrot, cabbabge into small pieces. I used to a food processor to chop all of them, that includes carrot, tomato, cabbage, sambhar onion, garlic pods. They looked colorful enough to served as a salad, in fact.
2) Heat a deep pan. Pour oil/butter into the pan. Add all the vegetables to the pan and saute for a while.
3) Add salt and pepper and mix well again.
4) Add water and simmer in low heat, until water starts boiling and vegetables are cooked.
5) Turn off the stove and allow the soup to cool. The magazine suggested to have the soup in this form. However, I allowed the soup to cool, blended it using a blender. I heated little butter in the same deep pan and poured the blended mixture to the pan, heated it for a while and finally garnished it with some coriander leaves.

My bro who tried it said, it was nice. Haniel also had his share of soup completely. So, this one is added to my share of favorite recipes...