Healthy ,quick and delicious soup – Mixed vegetable soup

Beetroot,carrot and spinach soup is a healthy, quick and delicious soup.   Beetroot adds colour to this soup which is made of seasonal vegetables

Ingredients

• Ghee /butter – 1 tsp
• Celery – 1 stick
• Bay leaf – 1 no
• Carrot – 1 no
• Beetroots – 4 nos
• Potato – 1 no
• Water – 2 litres
• Spinach -75gms
• Lemon juice – 5ml
• Salt
• Black pepper powder – 1/4 tsp
• Fresh dill – 1 tsp
• Yoghurt – 2 tbsp
• Fresh parsley – 1 tsp

Method

• Wash all vegetables, peel and cut the beetroot,carrot and potato in small chunks (dices)
• Finely chop the parsley dill and celery
• Heat the oil in a large pan and saute the chopped celery until soft
• Add the bay leaf,beetroot,carrot,potato and water
• Cover ad simmer for about 40 minutes,until the beetroot is cooked
• Add the spinach and cook for 5 minutes more.
• Then add the lemon juice,salt,pepper,degi mirch and dill
• Serve hot,topped with a spoonful of yoghurt and garnished with chopped parsley