Savoury soups: bowls full of health
Try these delectable soups that nourish the body even as they delight your taste buds
Soups evoke satiety in just about every way a food can. When you start your meal with a cup of soup, you feel full by the time you are ready for main course. That’s because as the soup reaches your stomach, it activates the stomach’s stretch receptors, which sends out satiety messages to the brain. So, having soup as a first course thus helps you to eat less and lose weight
I know of a lot of people who think that soups are dull to offer to guests. But a well-made vegetable soup that has been properly boiled and is fresh, can never be dull. Here, I’m talking about home-made soups.
The making of a good soup like is quite an art. And, not many people possess the right know-how for a successful preparation of a soup. Either they overcomplicate the composition of the dish or they attach minor importance to it. And so, it frequently happens that the soup does not correspond in quality to the rest of the dishes. Nevertheless, the soup should foretell the quality of an entire meal.
Matar ka Shorba
I tried this shorba as I simply love green peas. Restaurants, generally serve the ‘cream of green peas soup’, which is not only bland, but also has a lot of corn starch as a thickening agent.
This shorba is naturally thick making it a meal in itself with subtle Indian spices adding flavour to it. It’s best enjoyed during cooler months.
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Gitanjali Gurbaxani is a food consultant and stylist and is one of Mumbai’s pioneers in eggless confectionery. From a chef to test kitchen specialist, she has developed the skills and experience necessary to style all types of foods. When creating recipes, she combines practical experience, sophisticated flavours, natural ingredients and handy techniques that elevate meals to a level of simple sophistication.
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