Broccoli soup

Sangeet has launched a new theme "Healthy event" – Fiber rich. I choose to send Broccoli soup, which is rich in High fiber.
Broccoli looks like cauliflower and belongs to Cabbage family. This green vegetable is high in Vitamin C, Soluble Fibre and has an anti- cancer potential too.
The fact when it is healthy, it hard to please everyone palette. If I stir fry the broccoli and bring it to table. I can only hear some complaints: we don’t eat tree or raw vegetables.
To satisfy or trick the bigger and little one, I just blend the vegetable so they could not find the main ingredients. This recipe is great for dieting too :) 




Ingredient:

Broccoli: 2 cup
Carrot: ½ cup
Celery: ¼ cup
Frozen peas: ½ cup
Water: 2 cups or vegetable stock (I used water)
All purpose flour (maida): 1 tbsp
Milk 1 %: 1 cup

How to make the soup?

Sprinkle some water to broccoli and steam in microwave for 3 min.
In a pot, add water, carrot, and celery and let it cook. Take about 10 min.
Now take off of the quantity of the cooked vegetable (carrot, celery and steamed broccoli), put it in blender and make a coarse puree.
Mix the flour in milk, pour the milk mixture and the vegetable chunk, peas, let it thicken the soup! It takes only 2 minutes or less.

If you want to feed toddler or kid, make it smooth all vegetable, it will be creamy and add some cheese too.

Can be served as a light dinner too.

Important notice: Salmonella: is a Tomato outbreak, so watch out the safety in the State (US only) where u reside. Check out the latest news.

Comments

Madhavi said…
Very nice soup Cham, lovely presentation and looks yummmm!!!

I read abt tomatoes, I am really very scared to use them. I just saw 145 cases are registered at hospital. Scary yaar.

Avoid
-Raw Red Roma
-Raw Red Plum
-Round Tomatoes
Cham said…
Thanks Madhavi to the type of tomato. Really scarying this outbreak!
Uma said…
so now tomatoes also on outbreak? what else is in store? How can we avoid all these veggies? they are making us scary1

Coming to the soup, I am also not big fan of broccoli. I usually make it either chutney or use it in dals! love your way of making the soup, Cham! looks so refreshing and yummy!
Cham said…
Yes Uma, CA identified 2 cases so far ... avoid eating raw tomato like in salad, salsa, guacamole, probably chat, burger, etc... and the varieties Madhavi mentionned...Wash all the tomatoes by slightly scrubing in water. I cannot imagine any cooking without tomato!
Pravs said…
broccoli soup ..hmm..thats something new to try for me. Looks lovely. I have something waiting for you in my blog..please do check it out :D
Sum Raj said…
good cham...this looks veryyyyy healthy
kamala said…
This is a good idea Cham.My son hates brocolli.I think i can try yours and make him eat.Thanks for the great soup
Kumudha said…
I have broccoli in my freezer, so this sounds like a great recipe!
Dori said…
That's a really healthy soup, and it sounds so good!
Laavanya said…
Soup looks great Cham. Broccoli soup is great even for those who hate the veggie.
ranji said…
i had brocoli soup ones from subway!!!that was oooooo tasty..this is really tempting me..love it..will buy some broccoli in the weekend and cook this:).
ST said…
Broccoli soup thats something new for me.I will definitely try it. Looks yummy and healthy.
Sangeeth said…
lovely recipe cham......thanks for the entry and the info abttomato is really scary
Finla said…
Wow i love borcoli soup.
I have never added peas to it.
Next time i will give it a try with peas.
vandana rajesh said…
looks very delicious cham...just right for the monsoons here.
Have something for you on my blog...do check out:)
FH said…
I add some Cheddar and Parmesan cheese too, looks yum Cham!:)
Bummer about Tomatoes, ope it gets normal again, I love those!
Unknown said…
Delicious and sounds healthy Cham
Archy said…
wow, nice entry Cham with Broccoli soup..

Tomatoes are making us crazy now!! how can we cook without tomatoes !!
Can use only Vine tomatoes, Grape tomatoes I guess :)!!
Prema Sundar said…
broccolli soup looks delicious!!! and thanks for info abt salmonella.
Sum Raj said…
An award waiting for u on my blog..check it out....hey cham while using tomatoes make sure wash u remove all the seeds because that cause kidney stones....
EC said…
Broccoli is one veg which I have never tried still...nice snap of the soup
mitr_bayarea said…
Cham-

broccoli soup looks yummy and healthy too..never heard of the tomato outbreak before..
heyy garg is one brocolli fan and he would love this..i couldnt blog hop for a few days and i have missed quite a few on ur blog haan...
Kalai said…
Nice soup, Cham! Looks very creamy and delicious! :)
Seena said…
Every one at home loves Broccoli, so this is good for me! thanks.. :)
Shubha Ravikoti said…
This soup loooks wesome... yumm yummm
Unknown said…
This is one soup I made it successfuly in first attempt:) I love brocolli-cheese soups too:) Thanks for the salmonella news, yes I heard my hubby telling about that too. Its all over the news now.
Sunshinemom said…
That makes me want to have a whole bowl! Very nicely done, and a really fiber rich entry!