Blogging Marathon edition 3 starts from today and will go on for a whole week.As always, Srivalli suggested some themes and I chose ‘Kids friendly recipes’.Take a look at my fellow bloggers to see what they are cooking….
Champa,Divya,Gayathri Anand,Gayathri Kumar,Monica,Padma Dharmaraj, Savitha, Smitha, Srivalli, Usha, Veena Aravind.
I tend to call any dish ‘kid friendly’ if my Lil one eats it without much fuss.Soups are something that need no coaxing.I had a pack of alphabet pasta and added a handful to the soup.Lil Angel is still too young to recognize the alphabets,yet it was fun to watch her guess them.
I used:
Carrot- 1
Capsicum,red – 1
Tomato – 2
Onion- 1
Alphabet Pasta -a handful , cooked according to the direction on the pack
Garlic- 2 large cloves
Ginger- 1″ piece
Vegetable stock / water -1 -2 cups
Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon
Chilli flakes- to taste
Salt to taste
Toasted sesame seeds and coriander to garnish
- Chop the veggies roughly and pressure cook / microwave with enough water till they are soft.I pressure cooked the veggies along with garlic and ginger.
- Cool and puree along with the water used to cook it.
- Heat a pan and pour in the puree.
- Add vegetable stock / water to get the consistency of your choice.
- Add the cooked pasta .
- Put in cumin and chilli flakes and bring to boil.
- Simmer for a few minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and coriander leaves and serve hot as such or with bread rolls / bun.
This soup can be improvised in a thousand ways.These are just a few that I do often to give a change ….
- Instead of vegetable stock add a cup of milk when the soup is simmering
- Add a swirl of fresh cream as a garnish
- A cup of orange juice can be used along with vegetable stock.
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wonderful recipe……love tht colour of soup……yummy
Even I tend to tag anything as Kid Friendly dish if my kids eat it without fuss..:)..and it's wonderful your lil one accepted this soup..looks very inviting..
Definitely a warm comforting soup..
I couldn't see the pasta at all. Will email you something.
Very tempting.
There is nothing better than a hot bowl of soup on a cold weather!!!
Your soup looks soo delicious n healthy tooo..
Looks yum n delicious ….
I haven't tried soups for my kids yet..they like store bought canned ones ..have a few recipes in mind and shall add this to the list!
sure a nice way to make kids have this soup …
Healthy and interesting… Yummy..
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Very haealthy and tasty soup,can be had any time of he day.
Nice recipe for a cold winter day
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Lovely soup color looks perfect.
its a really good way to get kids to eat their veggies…
looks yummy!
Smitha
Smitha's Spicy Flavors
yum yum ,
Simple healthy soup!!!
Healthy and delicious soup for kids. Kids would love them.
Padma
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the soup looks very tempting!…I am sure my kids will enjoy it too!
Smitha
Smitha's Spicy Flavors
Very comforting soup..
Wonderful soup.. perfect for this long never ending kinda winter.. 😀
Love the cute alphabet pasta… 🙂
nice combination of veges and pasta soup looks fantastic.love the idea of ading milk..