Feb 25, 2009

HERBED WHITE BEAN SOUP

INGREDIENTS:---
Dried white beans ---- 1 cup
Vegetable stock --- 4 cups
Water ----- 2 cups
Carrot --- 1 no. chopped
Yellow onion ---- 1/4 cup chopped
Garlic ---- 2 cloves crushed and chopped
Dried parsley --- 1 tea sp
Dried sage --- 1/2 tea sp
Dried crushed rosematy -- 1/4 tea sp
Dried basil --- a pinch
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper --- 1/4 tea sp
Small potato cooked and mashed --- 1 no.

METHOD:----
Soak white beans in water for over night.
In a pressure cooker add beans,carrots, onions, and all herbs, salt to taste,crushed garlic,vegetable stock and cook for 3 whistles,switch off and let it cool open and mix well and add mashed potato and water again bring back to heat and bring to a full boil season with ground pepper powder boil for 5 min. more and serve hot.
Garnish with greated cheese and chopped parsely
In original recipe they cooked this soup on stove top in a open sauce pan that will take long time so I changed that and cooked in pressure cooker.I hope you all like this.

27 comments:

  1. The soup is looking very nice and delicious. Its lunch time here now & after seeing your soup I am feeling very hungry.

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  2. Perfect soup and very herby entry.Love the soup Rekha.
    I am settling down and blogging on and off.Thanks for asking.

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  3. Soup looks tempting and healthy! Nice garnish too!

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  4. Gosh..Drooling..Thats a wonderful nutritious soup dear..

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  5. Really does look wholesome and nice!

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  6. lovely soup never tried white bean yet....superb

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  7. Umm something new for me...looks quite gud....thanks for sharing the recipe :)

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  8. that is quite a filling soup .. looks delicious

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  9. Looks hearty and comforting. Lovely garnish!

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  10. Love the aroma of herbs..Perfect soup :)

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  11. Excellent soup Rekha, i love these sort of soups much...protein packed soup looks gorgeous dear!!

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  12. Oh my, I really love ur bean and the cheese sprinkled on top Rekha!

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  13. wow Rekha Soup looks very delicious ..& healthy too ..You can also send this recipe to Neha's SWC:Soup

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  14. the soup just looks perfect with all those herbs!!

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  15. soup presentation bavundi. Herbed white bean soup title kudaa bavundi.

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  16. soup looks delicious and is very healthy !!

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  17. Wonderful click and delicious!!
    :)

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  18. Wonderful click and delicious!!
    :)

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  19. Healthy soup n a lovely click. So nice garnish. Thanx for sending..

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  20. good one..looks spicy and delicious...

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  21. lovely click,...nd this looks so healthy too,..

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  22. Sounds like a hearty and yum soup, loved the garnish too !

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  23. kalakunga.. nice click.. healthy soup..

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  24. Soup looks healthy.. Nice flavours added up together!

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  25. This looks delicious and hearty.....will be great for dinner!

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  26. I am a sucker for Bean soups. Absolutely love them. Thanks for sending these goody bowls my way for AWED French :)

    DK
    (http://culinarybazaar.blogspot.com)

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