CARROT SOUP / GAJAR KA SOUP

Like carrots? You’re going to love this carrot soup recipe. It’s luxuriously creamy and full of incredible carrot flavor.

A healthy creamy soup recipe made with blended carrot mixture as its primary ingredient. You might be pleasantly surprised to learn that this creamy soup is actually made without cream. It’s a light and healthy soup.

This soup is low-calorie, high-flavor comfort food and favorite in my house on a chilly Winter evening.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 clove garlic
• 1 inch ginger
• ½ onion, sliced
• 4 carrot, roughly chopped
• ¼ potato / aloo, cubed
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 cup water
• few mint / pudina
• ½ tsp pepper, crushed

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. firstly, in a pressure cooker heat 2 tbsp oil and saute in 2 clove garlic and 1 inch ginger.
   further saute ½ onion for a minute.
2. also saute 4 carrot, ¼ potato and 1 tsp salt.
3. now add 2 cup water and few mint leaves.
4. cover and pressure cook for 4 whistles or till carrot gets cooked well completely.
5. once the pressure relases, open the cooker lid and remove mint leaves.
6. cool the mixture completely and transfer the cooked carrot to blender.
7. blend to smooth paste without adding any extra water.
8. transfer the prepared carrot paste into kadai along with leftover water from cooked carrot.
   mix well adjusting the consistency as required.
9. boil for 2 minutes or till the soup thickens.
10. further add ½ tsp crushed pepper or as required.
11. finally, serve carrot soup recipe topped with fresh cream or pepper.

NOTES:

• firstly, carrot can be cooked in open vessel, however it takes more time .
• also adding potato is optional, but it helps to get creamy texture.
• additionally, add cream just before serving for more rich flavour.