Healthy Vegetable Soup - Recipe

Ingredients:
3 carrots, cut into small pieces
1 potato,cut into small pieces
2 onions sliced fine
1/2 cup green peas
3-4 french beans chopped into small pieces
1 tsp pepper powder
1/4 cuyp chopped coriander leaves
2 tbsps butter
1 tsp corn flour

Method:
Cut the vegetables in to any of the shape you like but make it easy to cook. Shell peas if they are green and fresh, if you are using dry green peas , soak and cook separately.
Melt butter in the pan, add the onions and the chopped vegetables into the hot fat and fry. Do not add add potatoes with this .  
Now add potatoes, green peas and 2 cups of water bring to a boiling point and then simmer till all the vegetables are cooked  tender and very soft.
Mash the vegetables with the back of a spoon and strain through a colander.
Bring the strained soup to boil again, add salt, pepper and cornflour mixed in water. Simmer till the soup gets thicker . Serve hot garnished with chopped coriander leaves.

How to Make Rasam Powder at Home

Ingredients:
3/4 cup coriander seeds
1/2 cup cumin seeds
1/2 cup pepper corns
1 tsp red chilli powder / 6 red chillies
1/4 cup Tuardal
1/4 cup channa Dal

Method:
Roast all these ingredients separately. Bring it to room temperature and then grind to a powder in a mixer.
let the powder cool and then store in a airtight container.
While roasting you can add a little oil for that nice colour and flavour. Home made rasam powders are the best for good smelling flavoured rasam.

Note:
I do not add asafoetida for the powder as I like to add fresh whenever I make rasam.
I will follow this post with my favourite rasam recipes.

Healthy Green leaves Soup

Ingredients:
2 cups Drumstick leaves
2 cups greens chopped fine
1/2 cupcelery chopped
green chillies - chopped
1/2" piece ginger chopped
Salt to taste
2 tbsps ghee
1tsp mustard seeds
1 stalk curry leaves
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp asafoetida
1/4 tsp Pepper powder

Method:
Mix all the leaves except celery , add four cups of water, bring to boil and simmer for about 5 minutes.
Add celery, green chillies, ginger and simmer till they are tender. Mash nicely
Heat ghee , add mustard, cuurry leaves, asafoetida and cumin seeds. when they splutter add to the soup.
Sprinkle pepper powder , mix well . Serve hot.

Note:
This soup is very good for indigestion and acidity and also for removing excess phlegm from the body.
Can also be given to Asthma patients and for the patients suffering from kidney stones and gall bladder stones.
This soup can be easily given to Diabetics and the drumstick leaves contains all the vitamins and minerals. These leaves are like Multi vitamin tablets.