Almond And Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 8 almonds, blanched and peeled
• 2 medium carrots, finely chopped
• 5-6 small cauliflower florets, grated
• 6-8 French beans, finely chopped
• ½ medium cabbage, finely chopped  
• 2 tbsps butter
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped       
• 2½ tbsps refined flour (maida)
• 4 cups vegetable stock                                               
• 2 tsps white pepper powder
• Salt to taste
• ½ cup milk

Method

1. Heat butter in a non stick pan. Add onion and sauté for 1 minute.
2. Add carrots and mix well. Add cauliflower and mix well and sauté for 1 minute.
3. Add beans and mix well and sauté for 2 minutes.
4. Add refined flour, mix well and add stock. Stir to mix and cook till it begins to thicken.
5. Take pepper powder in a bowl. Add salt and little water and mix well.
6. Add milk to the pan and mix well. Add pepper and salt water and mix well. Add cabbage, mix well and cook till the soup thickens.
7. Sliver almonds.
8. Transfer soup into a serving bowl, garnish with almond slivers and serve hot.

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