Broccoli Akhort Ka Shorba
( Creamed broccoli garnished with walnuts )

 

Broccoli Akhort Ka Shorba ( Creamed broccoli garnished with walnuts )

Ingredients:

400 gm Broccoli, cut into florets
2 tbsp Butter
2 tbsp Onions, chopped
1 tsp Garlic (lasan), chopped
30 gm Leeks, chopped
30 gm Celery, chopped
Salt to taste
˝ tsp White pepper (safed mirch) powder
6 cups *Vegetable stock
˝ cup Cream
1 tbsp Walnuts (akhrot), chopped
 

Method:
  1. Heat the butter in a pot; add onions and garlic, sauté for a minute. Add leeks, celery, and broccoli; stir-fry for a few seconds.
  2. Stir in salt, white pepper, and vegetable stock. Simmer for 20 minutes until the broccoli is tender.
  3. Remove the broccoli from the soup and keep aside to cool. When cool, blend to a puree. Mix the puree into the soup and strain through a muslin cloth.
  4. Reheat the strained soup and stir in the cream.
  5. Remove from heat, pour into soup bowls and serve hot garnished with walnuts.

Serves: 4

*Vegetable stock: Combine 4 carrots (gajar), washed and scrubbed; 8 whole spring onions (hara pyaz); 6 outer lettuce leaves, 1 tsp salt, and 4 cups / 1 lt / 32 fl oz water together. Bring the mixture to the boil. Cover, lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain the stock through a muslin cloth and use as required.
 

 
 
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