I had had a Broccoli soup in a European restaurant in Bangalore and had loved it with the flavors of Italian herbs complimenting the broccoli. Wanted to recreate that when i found some fresh Broccoli here and this is what it is.... It was pretty close to the original, sans the extra salt that i had added first time! Next time on, it came out pretty well, with the right salt.
A simple, easy to make soup, to compliment some bread for a light
dinner… Just cooking for two of us now, I prefer to do some simple stuff on
some days and an elaborate meal on others!
It is pretty cool here, for me who came from a tropical climate, though
it is summer now. I wonder how it will be in actual winter! Summer or winter,
soups are making a regular appearance in my menu these days, and this is one such.
Preparation
time : 5 min
Cooking
time : 15
min
Serves : 4 -5
Ingredients:
Broccoli – 1 cup, chopped
Butter - 1 tsp
Black pepper powder - 1 tsp
Salt - ½ tsp or
as per taste - go easy on this
Water - 2 cups,
change acc to consistency
Corn flour - 2 tsp
Milk - ¼ cup
Fresh cream - 1 Tbsp
(optional)
Thyme – ½ tsp / or any other herb of your choice
Method:
- Clean
and chop Broccoli into large chunks
- Heat
butter in a pan and add chopped broccoli
- Add
water and bring to boil and cook till they are cooked soft
- Let
it cool for a few minutes
- Puree
it adding the water used for cooking the broccoli if necessary, to make a
fine paste
- Strain
the puree to the same pan
- Add
salt and thyme and let it boil for 2-3 minutes.
- Mix
corn flour with half a cup of cold milk/water without lumps and add it to
the boiling soup
- Add
enough water so that a right consistency of soup is maintained – neither
too thick nor too thin
- Let
it boil for a couple of minutes more.
- Put
off the heat and add fresh cream and stir well
- Add
pepper powder and serve hot
Notes:
- A
small onion can also be added to give a different flavor