Asparagus soup with spices and coconut milk

Asparagus is low in calories. It is a great vegetable for those who want to lose weight.
For those with diabetes, Chromium in asparagus, helps in better utilisation of glucose and the fibre helps slowing the release of carbohydrates in the blood stream and prevents sharp insulin spikes
It is boiled, steamed and eaten raw. Today I want to make a soup.

Asparagus soup with spices and coconut milk 

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          Asparagus soup with spices and coconut milk 

preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes 
Serves: 4

Preparation
 Wash 200 grams asparagus well. cut off about ½ an inch at the bottom. And keep aside.

Ingredients

Cut 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic, 1 green chili and 10 curry leaves into small pieces.
Method
1. In a pan add 150 ml water and add 1 table Coriander powder, 
½ teaspoon turmeric, ½ teaspoon fennel seeds, ½ teaspoon pepper

2. Bring to boil cook for 10 minutes and simmer for 10 minutes.

3.Add asparagus and cook for 3 minutes.

4. Add coconut milk and pepper.  Cook for 2 minutes.
It is a nourishing soup.

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Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

                     

preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes 
Serves: 4

Ingredients
Main
200 grams asparagus
Others

Ingredients

1 onion
2 cloves garlic
I green chili
10 curry leaves.
150 ml water
½  cup coconut milk



Preparation
 Wash the asparagus well. cut off about ½ an inch at the bottom. And keep aside.
Cut onion garlic, green chili and curry leaves into small pieces.

Method
In a pan add water and add onion,garlic,green chili,curry leaves
coriander powder,turmeric,fennel seeds.

Ready to cook

Bring to boil cook for 10 minutes and simmer for 10 minutes.

Soup is boiling

Add asparagus and cook for 3 minutes.

Adding asparagus

Add coconut milk.   Cook for 2 minutes.

Adding coconut milk

Add pepper. 

Adding pepper

 It is a nourishing soup.

The soup is ready

spicy knol khol curry(kohirabi)

Knol khol is a vegetable with full of vitamins especially vitamin B. It is called German turnip.It has calcium,potassium and magnesium. It can be eaten raw and the leaves are also suitable for cooking.Today I am going to make a spicy curry.

Spicy knol khol curry

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 5

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                  Spicy knol khol curry (kohirabi)

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 5

knol khol

Preparation
Peel and cut knol khol into bite size
Method
1. Add 2 table spoon oil and heat up fry 1 tsp cumin and 1 tsp 
fennel and ½ tsp mustard, ½ tsp fenugreek seeds.

2.Add  1 onion chopped

3. Add 1 green chili, 10 curry leaves,and 3 cloves garlic

4.Add ½ tsp turmeric

5.Add 1 table spoon coriander powder 

Spicy knol khol curry

6.Add 2 cups water  and bring to boil

7. Add 1 tsp salt

8. Add ½ cup coconut milk

9. Cook for three minutes

                                                             
Spicy knol khol curry(kohirabi) is ready.                     

                     

Ingredients
Main 

knol khol

Others
1 onion
1 green chili
3 cloves garlic
10 curry leaves
2 table spoon oil
½ cup coconut milk.
2 cups water
Spices
1 table spoon coriander powder.
½ tsp turmeric
1 tsp cumin
1 tea spoon fennel seeds
½ tsp mustard
 ½ teaspoon fenugreek

Preparation
Peel and cut knol khol into bite size

knol khol pieces

Method
Add oil and heat up fry cumin and fennel and mustard and fenugreek

Frying mustard cumin ,fennel and fenugreek

Add onion

Adding onion

Add green chili, curry leaves,and garlic

Add chili curry leaves and garlic

Add turmeric

Adding turmeric

Add coriander powder 

Adding coriander powder

Add Water bring to boil

Adding water

Add salt

Adding salt

Add coconut milk

Adding coconut milk

Cook for three minutes. The curry is ready.

Final curry

How to store fresh curry leaves

Storing fresh curry leaves

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                     How to store fresh curry leaves 

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 0

Curry leaves

1. Strip the curry leaves from the stem. Wash the curry leaves. 

2.spread on a towel and cover it with the remaining towel.

3. Give some time for the towel to absorb the moisture from the curry leaves.

4. Open the cover and wipe the excess water from the curry leaves using kitchen towel. 

5. Take a clean plastic container and lay a sheet of folded kitchen towel.

spreading fresh 

curry leaves

6. Spread the curry leaves.

7. Cover it with another folded kitchen towel.

Covering curry leaves
with a paper  towel

8. Close the container.

                      Closed curry leaves
                   container

9. Leave the curry leaves container in the refrigerator.


It can be kept for two weeks if you take what you need and put the box back in the refrigerator as soon as possible. If you keep the curry leaves box out for longer time out side the curry leaves will ooze water and get spoilt.

How to store fresh curry leaves  is ready.

                                                                

Recipe follows in detail with pictures.


Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 0

                     

Curry leaves

1. Strip the curry leaves from the stem. Wash the curry leaves and spread on a towel 

Stem after stripping curry leaves

2. Cover it with another towel or other side of the towel. Give some time for the towel to absorb the moisture from the curry leaves.

3. Open the cover and wipe the excess water from the curry leaves using kitchen towel. 

4. Take a clean plastic container and lay a sheet of folded kitchen towel.

Lay Kitchen towel  in the container

5. Spread the curry leaves.

Storing fresh curry leaves

6. Cover it with another folded kitchen towel.and close the container.

Covering with
 paper towel

5. Close the container.

Closed container

6. Leave the container in the refrigerator.

It can be kept for two weeks if you take what you need and put the box back in the refrigerator as soon as possible. If you keep the curry leaves box out for longer time the curry leaves will ooze water and get spoilt.

How to store Green chili fresh.

Green chili

Keeping chili in the container

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                 How to store fresh Green chili

Preparation time: 15 minutes.

Keeping chili 
in the container

Method
1. Remove the stems from the chili.
2. Wash the chili and wipe out the water using a cloth or paper towel. 

3. Take a clean plastic container and lay a sheet of folded kitchen towel.

4. Spread the chili

5. Cover it with another folded kitchen towel.Close the container.

Covering chili
 with kitchen towel

5. Close the container.

6. Leave the container in the refrigerator.

Closed chili container

 It can be kept for two weeks if you take what you need and put the box back in the refrigerator as soon as possible. If you keep the chili box out for longer time out side the chili  will ooze water and get spoilt.

How to store Green chili fresh is ready.


                                                                                  

Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

                     

Preparation time: 15 minutes
1. Remove the stems from the chili.
2. Wash the chili and wipe out the water. 
3. Take a clean plastic container and lay a sheet of folded kitchen towel.
4. Spread the chili. Cover it with another folded kitchen towel.Close the container.

Covering chili with kitchen towel

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6. Leave the container in the refrigerator.

It can be kept for two weeks if you take what you need and put the box back in the refrigerator as soon as possible. If you keep the chili box out for longer time the chili will ooze water and get spoilt.

Frozen Coriander leaves cubes

Coriander frozen cubes

Coriander leaves frozen cubes

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                          Frozen Coriander leaves cubes

 Preparation time:15 minutes
Cooking time: 0

      1. Wash 30 grams coriander leaves with 1/2 tea spoon salted water.  Wash well with water.  

2. Liquidize  with one cup water.

 3. fill the juice in the ice cube tray and leave it in the freezer.

 4. Once it is frozen put two cubes each in small bags.   

5. Put all the bags in a box and keep in the freezer.    

6. You can add in curries, soups  and  juices.  


  Frozen Coriander leaves cubes  are ready.                                                          

                     

Preparation time:15 minutes
Cooking time: 0

Ingredients
Main

30 grams coriander
1 cup water
1/2 tea spoon salt

Coriander leaves

wash the  leaves with salted water. Wash well with water. Liquidize and fill the ice cube tray. Leave it in the freezer.

Frozen Coriander leaves cubes

Once it is frozen put two cubes in small bags.

Cubes in small bags

Put in a box and keep in the freezer.

Packed box for the freezer

This can be used when necessary. Can be used in juices , soups and curries.
I make mint cubes in the same process.

Mock chicken cutlets

Mock chicken cutlet

Mock chicken cutlets

   

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                           Mock chicken cutlets


Preparation
1. Boil 250 grams  chicken and shred it.

2. Boil 1 big potato cut into small pieces. You can wash the potatoes and prick the potatoes with a folk and microwave with two table spoon of water for four minutes or till it is soft.

Ingredients

3. Cut 150 grams onion, 20 grams garlic, 10 grams ginger, 10 curry  finely. 

Method
1.  Lightly temper onion,  garlic,  ginger , 1 green chili  and curry leaves in 2 table spoon sesame oil.
2. Mix shredded chicken and potato.  Mix the tempered onion mixture.

Lightly tempered onion mixture.

3. Add 1/2 tea spoon chili powder, 3/4 salt and 1/2 tea spoon pepper and mix well.
4. Make balls and shape the cutlet in to oval shape.

Deep fried Mock chicken cutlets

Mix 1 cup flour and 1 cup water water in a blender to make the batter.
Dip the cutlet in the flour mixture an roll it in 100 grams bread crumbs.
Deep fry in 1 cup oil covering the cutlet.

                                                                                  

                     

Ingredients
main

Mock chicken

250 gr Chicken 
1 big potato

Ingredients

Others
150 grams Onion 
20 grams garlic
10 grams ginger
1 green chili
10 curry leaves
¾ salt
2 table sesame oil
1 cup oil to deep fry.

Spices
½ tea spoon chili powder
½ t spoon pepper

For the batter
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup water
100 gr bread crumbs

Preparation
Boil the chicken and shred it
Boil the potato cut into small pieces. You can wash the potatoes and prick the potatoes with a folk and microwave with two table spoon of water for four minutes or till it is soft.
Cut onion, garlic, ginger, curry  finely. 

Method
 Lightly temper onion,  garlic,  ginger  and curry leaves in sesame oil.

Tempering

Lightly tempered onion mixture.

Mix shredded chicken and potato.  Mix the tempered onion mixture.

Mixed items

Add chili powder, salt and pepper and mix well.
Make balls and shape the cutlet in to oval shape.

Cutlets 

Mix flour and water in a blender to make the batter.
Dip the cutlet in the flour mixture an roll it in bread crumbs.

Breaded cutlets

Deep fry in oil covering the cutlet.

Deep fried Mock chicken cutlets