Nov 18, 2008

CREAMY ROSTED RED BELL PEPPER SOUP


Again one more lovely soup from my Fellow blogger Curry Leaf we enjoyed it a lot

I didn't make any changes in this and here is the delicious CREAMY RED BELL PEPPER SOUP recipe

INGREDIENTS:-------

Red bell pepper --- 2no

Onion --- 1 no

Garlic cloves --- 1-3

butter -- 1 tab sp

Coriander leaves --- a few

Tomato paste -- 1 tab sp or 1 small tomato chopped

Heavy cream -- 1/2 cup

Corn starch --- 2 te sp

water or stock --- 1 cup

salt and pepper as per taste

Red chilli flakes or any other spice as per taste(I used wight pepper pow.)

METHOD:------

Cut bell pepper in to length wise in to halves and place skin side up on a baking sheet, and place under a broiler for 10 -12 min.

untill the skin charred amd liquid oozes out of the bell pieces.

Remove the bell pepper pieces and seel them in a ziplocbag and let them sweat in side the bag and cool so that it become easyier to remove the skin.

Once they are esy to handle peel the skin and chop them in to small pieces,

chop onion ,coriander, if useing tomato chop in to small pieces and crush garlic

Now melt butter in a pan add onion and garlic and fry till raw smell dissappears,then add bell pepper, tomato and add water and bring to a boil,and let it simmer for 5-10 min.

add spice, salt, coriander leaves, and corn starch mixed in water mix well and simmer for few more min.

then add cream and let it heat for some time.

now remove and cool the soup for a min. and blend it in a blender by batches

Garnish with cream and tosted bread pieces or Serve with your choice of bread or any thing you like

I served with chicken tikka

10 comments:

Pavani said...

rekha dear...it looks really yummy n mouthwatering..i want to have a sip

Lakshmi said...

even I like roasted bell pepper soup. your version looks nice :)

CurryLeaf said...

Looks Lovely Rekha.Thanks for trying the soup.It looks very inviting.Nice to know you enjoyed it.

karuna said...

this soup looks soo comforting. just bookmarked it. will try it soon

Uma said...

wow, wow, soup super gaa vundi Rekha! Immediate gaa aa bowl thesukoni thaagalani vundi! Nice presentation!

Unknown said...

nice soup..will do it your way sometime..

Priya Suresh said...

Wow looks yummy n lovely colour..

Sunshinemom said...

Lovely warm soup, Rekha! I could dive in:)

Unknown said...

I just love the roasted bell pepper soup.Nicely presented.

Medhaa said...

love the color of the soup