Cauliflower and almond soup

This is a whole meal soup with rice and richness of almonds along with vegatables.

Course Starters

Cuisine Moroccan

Keyword almond, hot, soup, veggies, winter

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings peoples

Calories 129kcal

Ingredients

150 gms cauliflower (florets nicely washed)
100 gms bottle gourd (doodhi or lauki) chopped
1 small potato (chopped) can be used with skin but wash it nicely
1 small onion (chopped)
6 cloves garlic (chopped)
20 nos almond (blanched and peeled)
1 tbsp rice (washed and soaked )
1 tbsp butter
salt (as per taste)
1 tsp black pepper powder (freshly grounded if available)
1 tsp mixed herbs (optional)

Instructions

Chopped vegetables
Washed and soaked rice
Blanched and peeled almonds
Take a pressure cooker and heat butter.
Add rice and saute it till nice aromatic and golden.
Add garlic and onions and saute till translucent.
Add the other vegetables.
Add one cup water. Pressure cook on medium for 4-5 whistles. Cool and then blend the vegetables along with almonds till smooth either in a mixie or hand blender. It will be a little coarse due to almonds.If you want smooth texture then sieve the soup through a soup strainer.
Now take the blended mixture in the thick bottom pot and add the seasoning (salt, black pepper and mixed herbs)and required water and boil it for 2-3 mins.
Serve it hot. Garnish it with the fresh ground pepper powder and chilli flakes.

Notes

This soup will have a mild nutty taste and hence if you want it to be a little spicy then can sprinkle some finely chopped fresh red/green chilli..it will look nice and taste good.

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