Minestrone Soup

It is a thick soup of Italian origin made with vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice. There is no set recipe for minestrone, since it is usually made out of whatever vegetables are in season.

Ingredients (serves 4)

5 tomatoes

1 small beetroot

1/2 cup bottle gourd

1 small carrot

1 small stick celery OR Few basil leaves

½ tsp oregano

¼ tsp chili flakes

4 cups water/stock

Salt to taste

For garnish

4 tbsp stir fried vegetables (finely chopped)

2 tbsp boiled pasta (small)

Chopped coriander & grated cheese

Method

Pressure cook all vegetables with very little water and cool them.

Strain, add seasonings and stock.

Boil the soup.

Add stir fried vegetables.

Serve hot garnished with coriander & cheese.

Tips:

You can avoid celery if you don’t have, or use basil leaves instead.

Minestrone soup is little on the thinner side.

You can use any pasta in this.

I used stir fried green & yellow capsicum, beetroot, cabbage, carrot.

All stir fried vegetables should be finely chopped.

You can avoid cheese in the end.