Moringa - Chickpea Vegetable Soup / Healthy Soup / Diet Soup

Hi friends, this is exam time....my son is preparing for his 10th board exams...all mom's and kids are so busy in preparing for exam...and cooking during this period seems so difficult but the kids need good nutritional food and also the food should be lite and at the same time tasty...much care is needed on the health of the kid at this time...mom's also stressed and they also need good food...soup is very ideal and good alternate at this time...but preparing healthy soup is a must...there is lot of varieties branded soup mixes in the shop...i tried some of them but I am afraid of using at the hour of exam..

My son and me have less time for eating and after teaching him I too feel exhausted...going for cool fruit juices also risky at this time but the kid need energy for long hours and I feel hot nutritious soup will be better...I tried varieties of soups and its easy for me also...we  have plenty of time for studies and prepare lite food and somehow manage...

my friend vimala announced "5 INGREDIENT FIX CHALLENGE"FOR MARCH MONTH...

 The Ingredients are:
VEGETABLES OR MEAT,ONE GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLE(KEERAI),HOMEMADE STOCK,ANY KIND OF PULSES,OLIVE OIL...have to prepare a HEALTHY SOUP using all these 5 ingredients... For this March month challenge , iam posting my son's favorite moringa chick pea soup which is delicious and nutritious...I used moringa leaves, Homemade Vegetable Stock, chickpea, potato/broccoli and olive oil... the 5 ingredients given for the contest...the soup not only nutritious but delicious too...preparing and refrigerating the vegetable stock in large quantity will be easier to make soup at the exams time... but daily fresh preparation of stock will be better. please try and feed back me.

Moringa - Chickpea Vegetable Soup

Moringa - Chickpea Vegetable Soup

• Soak the chick pea for over night and cook for 1 whistle.

• Prepare vegetable stock using available vegetables.

• Blanch potato and tomato . Peel off the skin.

• Mince the garlic and deep fry it in 2 tspn of olive oil.

• Add sliced onion and saute well.

• Add blanched tomato and saute well.

• Add the cleaned moringa leaves and salt. Fry for 2 mints.

• Add half of the boiled chickpea, 1 piece of the boiled smashed potato and saute well and grind all the ingredients into smooth paste (Add Vegetable Stock water instead of water while grinding).

• Add balance stock water, mix well and strain the liquid.

• Add Diluted corn flour and boil.

• Meantime prepare small sized broccoli florets.

• Coat the florets with  batter mix , deep fry and keep ready.

• Smash the remaining cooked potato and keep ready.

Moringa - Chickpea Vegetable Soup

• Add remaining chick pea ,smashed potato and broccoli fried florets to the soup.

• Add spring onions, roasted minced garlic and roasted moringa leaves to garnish.

• Sprinkle pepper and salt to taste.

• Healthy tasty diet moringa chickpea vegetable soup is ready.

Moringa - Chickpea Vegetable Soup

Moringa - Chickpea Vegetable Soup

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Moringa - Chickpea Vegetable Soup

Moringa - Chickpea Vegetable Soup

Ingredients :

Moringa leaves/Drumstick leaves- 1/2 cup

Homemade Vegetable Stock - 2 cups

Chickpea - 2 tblspn

Olive oil - 2 tspn

Potato - 1 no

Tomato - 1 no

Broccoli -  10 small florets

Onion - 1 no

Garlic - 2 pod

Corn flour - 1/2 tspn

Pepper powder needed

Salt to taste

Spring onion to garnish

Besan flour,ragi flour, asafoetida , chilli powder and salt ( batter mix) - 1/4 cup

 Method :

• Soak the chick pea for over night and cook for 1 whistle.

• Prepare vegetable stock using available vegetables.

• Blanch potato and tomato . Peel off the skin.

• Mince the garlic and deep fry it in 2 tspn of olive oil.

• Add sliced onion and saute well.

• Add blanched tomato and saute well.

• Add the cleaned moringa leaves and salt. Fry for 2 mints.

• Add half of the boiled chickpea, 1 piece of the boiled smashed potato and saute well and grind all the ingredients into smooth paste (Add Vegetable Stock water instead of water while grinding).

• Add balance stock water, mix well and strain the liquid.

• Add Diluted corn flour and boil.

• Meantime prepare small sized broccoli florets.

• Coat the florets with  batter mix , deep fry and keep ready.

• Smash the remaining cooked potato and keep ready.

• Add remaining chick pea ,smashed potato and broccoli fried florets to the soup.

• Add spring onions, roasted minced garlic and roasted moringa leaves to garnish.

• Sprinkle pepper and salt to taste.

• Healthy tasty diet moringa chickpea vegetable soup is ready.

Notes: For extra taste and flavor to the soup , I added one spoon of roasted moringa leaves and half spoon of roasted minced garlic.

I used roasted broccoli florets instead of fried bread and it tastes good.

Sending this to "lakshmi's 5 Ingredient fix challenge"