Soup with Pasta sauce and Vegetables

Ingredients :
1. 1/2 a bottle of Pasta sauce.
2. 1 big onion - cut into pieces.
3. 2 carrots - cut into pieces.
4. celery - a handful cut into pieces
5. corn and peas - frozen/fresh - a handful
6. frozen lima bean - a handful
7. boiled chick peas/ boiled red kidney beans - a handful
8.1 tsp oil.

Method :
1. Fry the onions in the oil until reddish brown.
2. Add the vegetables and fry them.
3. Add the pasta sauce and equal amounts of water.
4. Allow these to boil and add the boiled chick peas/red kidney beans
5. Add salt and allow to boil for another 10 min
6. Creamy soup is ready to serve hot with bread/croutons.

Carrot/Tomato Soup

Ingredients:
1. 2-3 carrots cut into pieces.
2. 1 big onion - cut into pieces
3. 2 tomatoes - cut into pieces.
4. 2-3 cloves and about an inch of a cinnamon stick.

Method:
1.Boil all the cut vegetables with the cloves and cinnamon in a pressure cooker with water or broth.
2. Remove the cloves and cinnamon.
3. Allow this to cool and then grind the mixture in a mixie and pepper powder and salt.
4. Bring this to a boil.
5. Serve hot with bread/croutons.

Vegetable Soup(Carrots or Spinach or Cauliflower)

Ingredients :
1. 1-2 bulbs of garlic
2. 1-2 inches of ginger - cut into pieces
3. 1 big onion cut into pieces.
4.1 big potato - cut into pieces.
4. 2-3 carrots(cut into pieces) or 2-3 handfuls of spinach or a cup of cauliflower flowerlets.
5. slit green chillies - acc to extent of spice required.
6. Vegetable Broth(2 cups).You can even use equal parts of broth and water - 1 cup of broth and 1 cup of water.
7. 1 tsp of oil.

Method:
1.Fry the garlic,ginger,greenchillies in oil.
2.Then add the onions and fry until they are golden brown.
3. Add the broth/water to this and bring it to a boil.
4. Add all the vegetables and allow them to boil.
5.Once they have boiled, switch off and allow it to cool down.
6.Later remove the garlic bulbs and green chillies, and grind the mixture in a mixie.
7.Add salt and bring this to a boil again.
8.Serve hot with bread/croutons.