Wednesday 5 February 2014

Creamy Spinach Soup



Healthy and creamy spinach soup that is rich in Iron and Calcium. Spinach is extremely rich in antioxidants. This soup is easy to prepare and tastes delicious.

Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Total Time: 25 min
 
Yield : 2 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 and 1/4 Cup packed spinach ( I used Palak)
  • 1 Tablespoon Butter
  • 1 small size onion chopped
  • 1 and 1/2 Cup water
  • 3/4 Teaspoon Corn flour
  • 1/2 Cup milk
  • Salt as required
  • Pepper as required
  • Fresh Cream 

Directions

1. Clean spinach and discard thick steam. Wash it twice under running water. Chop the leaves
2. In a pan add butter and keep it in medium flame. When the butter melts, add onion and sauté till they become soft. Add little salt as required
3. Add chopped spinach and sauté till spinach is half cooked. Add 1 and 1/2 cup water to spinach and cook on medium flame for 10 min
4. Let it cool. Once its cooled, puree the mixture in a blender. Pour the spinach puree the same pan. Let is cook on low flame
5. Meanwhile mix corn flour in 2 tablespoon milk. mix well without any lumps. Now mix rest of the milk to the corn flour. Add this to the spinach. Bring it boil. Soup will start getting thicker. Once it starts boiling bring it simmer and let it cook until required consistency is reached
6. Switch of the flame and salt and pepper to the soup. Serve hot with fresh cream

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