Celery Soup
Ingredients
- Olive Oil - 1 Tbsp
- Onion - ½ Medium Chopped
- Garlic - 3 Cloved Chopped
- Celery Stalk - 6 Chopped
- Potato - 1 small diced
- Salt - ½ tsp adjust per taste
- Freshly ground pepper - ½ tsp adjust per taste
- Lemon extract - ½ tsp
- Water - 3 Cups
- Lemon Zest - From ½ a lemon
- Basil leaves - 2
Instructions
- First heat a large pan with oil. Add the onion, garlic and saute until the onion turns translucent.
- Add the chopped celery stalk, potato and give a quick mix. Add the salt, pepper and continue to saute for 3 mins until a nice aroma arises.
- Add the lemon extract, water and cook in low-medium flame until the veggies are fully cooked. You can cook covered to fasten the process. It took me about 30 mins.
- Turn off the flame and let the veggies get completely cooled down. Transfer the veggies to a blender/mixie, add the basil leaves and lemon zest and grind it coarse.
- Transfer the soup back to the pan on medium flame and cook for a couple of mins until it is warm.
- Enjoy warm or chilled.
Notes | FAQ
- If you want to add extra flavor to the soup, you can use low sodium vegetable stock instead of water.
- Adding basil at the end helps retain its fresh flavor. If you don't like that flavor, you can add the basil leaves while the veggies are cooking. You will then have a milder basil flavor.
- While transferring the soup back to the pan in the last step, optionally, you can add fresh cream or half n half for a more creamier soup.
- Adding basil at the end helps retain its fresh flavor. If you don't like that flavor, you can add the basil leaves while the veggies are cooking. You will then have a milder basil flavor.
- While transferring the soup back to the pan in the last step, optionally, you can add fresh cream or half n half for a more creamier soup.