Monday, March 28, 2011

Creamy Carrot Soup


My husband and I took a pranayam course here in San Diego couple of weeks back. It was for 3 days and of which one day, they provided lunch with us. They had this carrot soup that day which tasted out of the world. We all totally fell in love with the soup. My god! it tasted so good. From then I really wanted to make carrot soup at home and today I made it. It came out very well. I never thought carrot soup would taste so good. Am sure you will all like this too.. 

Ingredients: 

Carrots - 4 chopped roughly
Onion- 2 Small chopped roughly
Green Chilli (optional) - 1 
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Bay Leaf - 2 
Cloves - 3-4
Fresh Cream - 3 tbsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch

Preparation:

In a pan heat ghee and oil. When hot add cloves and bay leaf. When the cloves start to puff up, take away cloves and bay leaf and throw them away.

In that oil, add onions and green chilli, turmeric and saute in high heat till onions caramelize. Then add carrots and saute in high heat till carrots become tender. Sprinkle water if necessary for the carrots to cook faster. 


When carrots are 90% cooked, turn off heat and let the contents cool. 

Blend everything in a blender along with some salt and make it a fine paste.

In the same pan, add this paste and bring it to a boil. Add water according to required consistency. Then add fresh cream , mix well and turn off heat. 


Serve hot with warm bread. 



16 comments:

  1. Healthy, hearty and delicious soup! Loved the creamy texture very much :)

    US Masala

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  2. What a simple yet superb soup - Love it!

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  3. Yummy, delicious and very soft soup...

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  4. Soup is so heart-warming and soul filling. I can have a bowl anytime.... The colour is just so vibrant...
    Reva

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  5. nice, simple and yet very very yummy soup..
    Tasty Appetite

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  6. Weather is quite chilled here, i dont bother to finish that whole bowl,truly delicious..

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  7. yummy refreshing and healthy soup.

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  8. One other delicious recipe from you.

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  9. that sounds yummy! i've done one using coconut milk instead of cream, but also filled with spices, though i used cardamom instead. you might liek to try it one day (:

    http://mummyicancook.blogspot.com/2011/01/carrot-cardamom-and-coconut-soup.html

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  10. A creamy & deliiicious soup!!!
    Prathima rao
    Prats Corner

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  11. Wow - looks beautiful! I don't think I've ever had carrot soup before, so maybe it is time to give it a try.

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  12. First time in your blog and really like the variety you have here. Thanks for sharing this with Hearth and Soul Hop :)
    keep in touch!

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  13. wow looks so nice and creamy, and healthy too!

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  14. Your carrot soup really does look delicious - and so good for you too! Thank you for sharing it with the Hearth and Soul blog hop.

    Please can I ask you to update your link to the edition of Hearth and Soul you are actually linking to each week? Your link is to a Hearth and Soul post back in 2010 at the moment. Thank you for your help! And thank you again for a lovely recipe!

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  15. I love carrot soup too. This one looks very creamy and good. Thanks for sharing it at Souper Sundays.
    ;-)

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