Monday, January 21, 2008

Soup of the Day...Very easy!

These recipes are modified to make cooking easy as ABC. All u need to stock up at home is milk powder (nestle brand or so), chicken powder/cube (without MSG), pepper (coarse is nicer) , and some fresh vegetables like mushroom or pumpkin.

Mushroom Soup:
Ingredients:
1) Mushroom 15 pieces (Can be button mushroom or shiitake mushroom. Add more for rich mushroom taste)
2) Butter 2 tablespoon (Add more if u want rich buttery taste)
3) Milk Powder 4 tablespoon (Add more if u want it to be rich)
4) Chicken power 1 tablespoon or 1 cube
5) Water 2 cups

Steps:
1) Heat up pot with butter and add in sliced mushroom (Washed and rinsed)
2) Cook until there ss gravy from mushroom
3) Reserve some sliced mushroom in the pot and put the rest to blender
4) Add in water, milk powder and chicken powder. Blend until smooth
5) Pour back the mixture from the blender into the pot and continue cooking until boiling
6) Season with pepper and serve with roti prata (optional)

Note: To thicken soup, u can either blend in more cooked mushroom or combine plain flour (not cornstarch) with water and pour into soup to thicken (keep stirring)

Pumpkin OR Carrot soup
Ingredients:
1) Half pumpkin or 2 carrots (peel and cut into cubes)
2) Butter 2 tablespoon (Add more if u want rich buttery taste)
3) Milk Powder 4 tablespoon (Add more if u want it to be rich)
4) Chicken power 1 tablespoon or 1 cube
5) Water 2 cups

Steps:
1) Boil pumpkin/carrot in water until cooked
2) Pour everything into blender (including the water) with milk powder and chicken powder. Blend until smooth
3) Pour back the mixture from the blender into the pot and continue cooking until boiling
4) Season with pepper and serve with garlic bread (optional)

Note: To thicken soup, u can combine plain flour (not cornstarch) with water and pour into soup to thicken (keep stirring)

Broccoli soup
Ingredients:
1) One large white onion (Sliced)
2) One whole large broccoli (cut into cubes)
3) Butter 2 tablespoon (Add more if u want rich buttery taste)
4) Milk Powder 4 tablespoon (Add more if u want it to be rich)
5) Chicken power 1 tablespoon or 1 cube
6) Water 2 cups

Steps:
1) Heat up the pot with butter and stir fry sliced onion till fragant
2) Add in broccoli and cook until broccoli almost cooked
3) Reserve some broccoli in the pot and put the rest to blender
4) Add in water, milk powder and chicken powder. Blend until smooth
5) Pour back the mixture from the blender into the pot and continue cooking until boiling
6) Season with pepper and serve

Note: To thicken soup, u can combine plain flour (not cornstarch) with water and pour into soup to thicken (keep stirring)

Clam Chower soup
Ingredients:
1) One can of clam (Can purchase from coldstorage)
2) Butter 2 tablespoon (Add more if u want rich buttery taste)
3) Milk Powder 4 tablespoon (Add more if u want it to be rich)
4) Chicken power 1 tablespoon or 1 cube
5) Water 2 cups
6) 3 potato (Peeled and cut into cubes)
7) One large white onion (Sliced)
8) 2 strips of halal Beef becon (Slice into same pieces)
9) Garlic powder 1 tablespoon (Can buy this from supermarket)

Steps:
1) Boil potato until overcooked (best if cooked until it is a bit mushy)
2) Heat up pot with butter and stir fry sliced white onion till fragant
3) Add in bacon and stir fry till fragant
4) Add in the cooked potato (together with the water)
5) Add in clam (together with the clam juice from the can)
6) Add in garlic powder, milk powder and chicken powder.
7) Cook untill boiling
8) Season with pepper and serve with roti prata (Optional)

Note: To thicken soup, u can combine plain flour (not cornstarch) with water and pour into soup to thicken (keep stirring)

PS: All the above recipes are my modified version of soup that is easy to make =) Enjoy. U can modify the recipe according to your own preference.

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