Low Calorie Spinach Soup

This nourishing spinach soup is low in calories but retains all the essential nutrients. Try your culinary skills in cooking this version of spinach soup and I bet you'll be proud and glad you did it.


Ingredients
3 cups spinach (palak), chopped

1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 tsp grated garlic (lehsun)
1 1/2 cups low fat milk
1 tsp oil
salt and Black Pepper to taste



Method
Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onions and garlic for a few seconds.

Add the spinach and salt and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add 1½ cups of water and bring to a boil.
Cool and purée in a liquidiser.
Add the milk and pepper and bring to a boil again.
Serve hot.

Spinach Soup

Spinach, by itself, is a multi-nutrient vegetable, making this a very desirable soup. You can use vegetable stock instead of water.


Ingredients
2 tbsp. Butter
2 cups. Spinach, chopped
1 no. Onion, chopped
2 cups Milk
1 1/2 tbsp. Maida
1 tbsp. Oil
To taste. Salt & pepper


Method
    Blanch spinach in hot water. Remove and refresh in cold water.
    Heat oil in a kadhai, add chopped onions and sauté. Add crushed garlic, salt and pepper.
    Puree together with boiled spinach.
    Make a thin white sauce by melting butter in a kadhai. Then add maida and cook for 5-7 mins. Slowly add the milk so that no lumps are formed.
    Add the spinach puree to this and bring it to a boil. Add a little water if required.
    Correct seasonings and serve spinach soup hot.