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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Sweet Potato & Barley Soup

Ingredients:
1 big Sweet Potato(Peeled and chopped)
1 1/2 cup Carrots (Peeled and chopped)
1 1/2 cup chopped French beans
1 1/2 cup Corn
3 Celery thinly chopped
1 small Onion (Chopped)
1/2 cup Capsicum (Thinly sliced)
2 Garlic clove(mashed)
6 Cup Water
1 cup Vegetable stock(Can use water in which vegetables been boiled)
1 cup Medium Pearl Barley
1 Bay Leaf
Salt as per taste
1/2 tsp Fennel seeds powder
1/4 tsp Black pepper powder
10-12 small cherry tomatoes chopped in half

Method:
Pressure cook(Boil) Pearl Barley with 3-4 whistles.
Strain out water and store it to use later.
In a pan, shallow fry all vegetables(Sweet potato, carrots, french beans, corn, celery, onion, capsicum, tomatoes, garlic)
Add Barley water which we strained earlier with vegetable stock in a pan.
Boil all ingredients till all veggies are soft and get soup-like consistency(can add 1 tsp cornflour).
Add all dry spices including salt. Serve hot.

Benefits:
Barley has nutritional values which contains Vitamin B6, Folate and Potassium which helps to maintain healthy heart. It also contains Iron, Phosphorus, Calcium, Magnesium and Zink values which helps to get strong bones. It's Fibre contains good appetite force. Barley water also very healthy which has been used in this soup.

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