Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Horsegram & Coconut Milk Soup

After a week, yesterday here in Paris the temperature went too down and again the chilled weather started here, i was quite lazy to prepare foods and prepared a simple soup with brown horsegram which we get easily here...This soup goes for simple ingredients and i used some left over coconut milk to the soup to enhance the flavour..This horsegram soup was really nourishing, healthy and filling, best soup for peoples who were in diet..Yes, if u r dieting no need to say that horsegram brings u many vitamins u need for dieting and will help u very much for ur dieting, its recommanded to take atleast twice or thrice even if u rnt dieting..Needless to say how healthy and comforting is this soup and this soups tastes fantastic for a chilled evening dinner..Am trying to send this healthy soup again to Usha's Healthy Inspiration Event-Soups..



2cups Horsegrams (i used the brown lentils)
1no Onion (chopped)
3nos Garlic cloves
1cup Thick Coconut milk
2tsp Olive oil
Salt
Pepper powder

Soak the horsegram lentils for atleast 2 hours...strain the soaked water and cook them with 5cups of water in a large sauce pan, once they get well cooked put off the stove and keep aside..

Heat the olive oil and saute the chopped onions and crushed garlic until they turns brown, add the coconut milk to the veggies and bring them to boil with enough salt and pepper..add this to the already cooked horsegrams and bring them boil and serve immediately..

Serve warm, once this soup get cooled, its turn immediately thick, so its better to serve immediately..enjoy with toasted bread..

43 comments:

Prathibha said...

I dropped in here to comment on d previous post..by that time u hv posted d new one..u r very qick lady..
never used this combo..sounds interesting..

shanthi said...

Nice one. I do it without onions & garlic. Must have tasted good.

kitchen queen said...

delicious,refreshing and an appetising soup.

Parita said...

Soup looks fantastic, very healthy and yumm! I love the taste of coconut milk, it takes the dish to altogether another level :)

Nandini said...

Whoa! Nice and warm and comforting! It's colder here too! Send me the bowl please!

Aruna Manikandan said...

Wow!!!
A HEalthy Soup :-)
Love ur soup dear!!!
Will soon give a try

lata raja said...

Priya on a spree of soups and dips! loved each of them. But kollu is heating illya?

Ms.Chitchat said...

Wow, that sure is a healthy and tasty soup. Pic looks good and tempting.

Chitchat

Rujuta said...

Hi Priya..really liked your blog and m following you.. such a easy yet healthly soup...bookmarked it

Sushma Mallya said...

Lovely soup,nice recipe priya...love the flavour of garlic in it too...

Happy Cook said...

Here too the weather had dropped drasticaly and in haldf hr i am taking my cycle to go for shopping, shiver.... a very healthy soup.

Shama Nagarajan said...

It's a different combo dear..delicious

Asha said...

It's cold here too, expecting little snow on Friday. Horse gram curry looks yum. I made one too, might post next time if I am ready. Looks great, enjoy it warm there.

Kitchen Flavours said...

Very new to me....looks yummy and creamy....

Soma Pradhan said...

Lovely nice healthy soup

A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine said...

Looks very delicious, the best protein source.

Sarah Naveen said...

wow!!!that looks super yummy!!!wanna try this soon...

SE said...

soups , soups and soups ...thats all is needed in the cold winter !! looks good

Balakrishna Saraswathy said...

soup is want everyone need for this winter season..that's a interesting combination of the usage of horsegram da..looks mouth-watering:)

sowmya.s said...

a new recipe with horsegram..i knew only rasam...looks yumm

Mrs.Menagasathia said...

soup looks perfect!!

Ambika said...

That is a super healthy soup! I love the texture of horsegram..

Tina said...

Sounds new...So yummy and refreshing soup....

Preeti Kashyap said...

looks great priya! shd try it sometimes!

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Sounds so unique,sure will taste yumm with coconut milk!

Nina said...

Never tried this combo...looks fantastic.Unique recipe:)

Preethi Rajeev said...

yumm yumm perfect for a cold winter day and very filling too. So tempting priya, i have an award for u, pls accept it

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Good for cold...looks great

Cham said...

It is foggy here, soup with coconut milk and horseg. something tasty!

Swathi said...

Priya,

Horsegram and coconut milk soup looks really good. I am fan of coconut milk, i love it any form

Siddhi S said...

wow very nice combo for soup priya...luks delicious..Hey i hv couple awards for u in my blog, plz chk thm whn u gt tym

n33ma said...

we make a curry with these ingredients but soup looks and sounds much better to me.

Viki's Kitchen said...

Very nice soup for dieting. yours look very comforting.

Dolly said...

Thats one comforting soup in a bowl. Good for the wintry cold. Anyways I love soups..give me any day ..lol. Beautiful Click, Priya.

Usha said...

Loved the combination of horsegram and coconut milk in this soup, looks delicious ! Thanks for sharing this healthy soup with my soup event :-)

Gita said...

delicious and comforting soup dear...Priya, is this a traditional soup of France, I remember my aunt saying about this soup and mentioned that its French recipe made with ham...her native is France.

munchcrunchandsuch said...

I knw horsegram is gud to reduce weight..may b i will try this soup then..

Jagruti said...

warm and comfort soup..love to have some now...:P must have taste nice..

Aparna said...

luvly & superb priya

jeyashrisuresh said...

delicious looking soup.love the creamy texture.

jayasree said...

Adding coconut milk is a good idea. A god soup recipe for dieting people.

RV said...

ah ha...soup tells me .. come grab me right away..

Shri said...

Lovely looking soup!I envy you stay in Paris!:((