Sunday 9 December 2012

Mint zucchini soup


Coming back in big style with something vegetarian for a change!! This is a slightly modified recipe from kwestiasmaku.com. A great combination of flavours. I liked it so much, that I made it four times in a row.

You'll need:
3 or 4 medium size potatoes
1 medium zucchini
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 1/2 glass of boulion (can be replaced by a cube)
a handfull of freshmint leaves
balkan/natural yoghurt
pepper
butter and oil
bread to toast

1. Chop the onions and garlic. Peel the potatoes and cut into small cubes. Cut the zucchini into similar size cubes. Everything will be blended in the end so no need to be too careful about sizes.
2. Take a pot with a thick den. Put some butter in and let it melt. Add some oil and fry the onion until its nice and golden. When it's nearly ready, add garlic. I didn't add the garlic at the beginning, because if it is fried for too long it turns bitter. Allow it to fry for 30 seconds or so, and then add the potatoes and zucchini.
3. After two minutes start adding boulion.
4. Let it simmer until the potatoes are ready.
5. Chop the mint leaves. Leave a few for decoration.
6. Add the mint to the soup around 2 minutes before it's ready.
7. Leave the soup to cool down and then blend it (a blender looses its sharpness if used for blending hot stuff).
8. Once the soup is mixed into a cream form, warm it up again and transfer into a bowl. Add some yoghurt and bread toasts, et voila!



Bon appétit!

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