Thursday, July 10, 2008

CREAMY PALAK SOUP

Soups are my favourites. Before I used to make soups with readymade Knor packets mix. But its always good to have fresh homemade soup right? This recipe "Palak soup", I started preparing after my daughter born. As palak is very good source of iron rich and healthy, I started giving her right from her 7 th month . ButI was giving her under simple process of just grinding boiled palak with salt and then strained. Later as Smera grown up I started making slight variation that increase its taste and here it goes my Microwavable recipe which can be prepared quicky-


INGREDIENTS

1 Bunch Palak.

1/2 Cup Milk.

2 tbs Chopped Shallots.

1 tbs Chopped Garlic.

5 Sliced Button Mushrooms.

1 tbs Butter.

Salt and Pepper to taste.

Water to sprinkle.

1 tbs Fresh Cream (optional)

METHOD

Wash the spinach leaves and discard the thick stem. In a microwable bowl add half of butter and micro for 20 sec. Add palak leaves and sprinkle some water and cook for 5 min high.

Cool the mixture and puree in the blender along with milk. Keep aside.

In another micro bowl, add the remaining butter and cook for 20 seconds on high. Add chopped onions,garlic and sliced mushroom and micro for around 3 to 4 min or till the onions are trasparent.

Now add the spinach puree, salt and pepper and bring to boil for about 5 min high covered.

Add fresh cream just before serving.

I submit this to "MICROWAVE EASY COOKING" MEC: Soups / Stews HOSTED BY SRIVALLI



Enjoy!!

32 comments:

Swati said...

Such a lovely MW soup.. Brilliant!!

ranji said...

wooow suma..this is something new..i never used microwave to cook anything..only to heat or defrost something...looks gr8 and thr is mushroom in it??awesome..gr8 entry..

Laavanya said...

Lovely and nutritious soup Suma.

Cham said...

Wow, looks so creamy ur soup, looks delicious you MW entry :)

Sujatha said...

This is totally a new recipe for me. Looks like I can have it with my Rotis too :) Great MW entry!

Indian Khana said...

Soup looks yummy....very rich green colour....thanks for sharing the recipe

Illatharasi said...

Creamy palak... good one... looks delicious:)

Srivalli said...

looks so yummy..thanks for the entry

Ramya Bala said...

New to me..have to give a try,as it looks delicious..very nice entry..

Jaishree Iyer said...

Lovely and nutritious soup. looks yummy... great entry..

Indian Khana said...

hehe then go to market, buy, make and eat lauki dear...fir recipe post karna and humre mu mei pani aayega

Indian Khana said...

Are itna tu kyu soche..main banau tu dekhe...bas aisa karte hai kya? hehe

Unknown said...

looks so color full and with mushrooms also why did't you send this for protein rich event

delhibelle said...

what a beautiful shade of green that soup is!Looks light and nourishing.

Medhaa said...

I Love Palak Soup and make it in a simmilar way and Have it for the Iron too. Love your last picture Suma its lovely.

Unknown said...

Yes Suma..Any Pasta sauce should work..And this soup looks fresh n healthy..

Chef Jeena said...

Fabulous spinach soup Suma it looks really tasty. I love spinach and mushrooms so this would taste amazing. :-)

ranji said...

hey suma..i have posted the shrikhand recipe today..chk it out :)..thank u so much...

ST said...

Lovely and healthy soup.I never used microwave wave for making soups....Gr8 entry....Love the color

Sum Raj said...

Thanks friends...do try this MW recipe...its very healthy and no doubt u will too luv this...hope ur kids too luv it....:)

Madhavi said...

Lovely soup, simply delicious and healthy too!!! Great job!!!

Usha said...

Absolutely delicious looking soup :)

Padma said...

That cool, soup out of m/w... I love the m/m recipe events hosted by srivalli. First time to ur blog, came over from veg inspirations. You have a nice space here... will come back again to check on all ur recipes...

Devi Priya said...

Nice MW soup. Healthy and nutritious.

Divya Kudua said...

Yummy MW soup!!

Sagari said...

delecious looking soup suma ,beautiful color

Sum Raj said...

thanks u for the lovely comments

Meera said...

Loved the soup & lovely color.

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Deepthi Shankar said...

the soup looks lovely ..a very healthy dish :)

Asha Kamath said...

very nice soup suma, definitely i will try this.

Lakshmi said...

lovley color! it's raining soups at home, I will try this for sure.