Spinach soup - Home made Easy Vegetable soup

Ingredients:

• Onion                                         1
• Finely chopped greens                  11/2 cups (Amaranth leaves)
• Garlic                                          1 flake
• Ginger                                         1/2 inch piece
• Milk                                             11/2 cups
• Corn flour                                              11/2 tsps.
• Bay leaf                                        1

        Salt,sugar and pepper as required.

Method:

1.   Chop onion and fry in butter along with bay leaf till it becomes transparent.
2.   Tie ginger and garlic in a muslin cloth (without crushing).
3.   Take chopped greens and fried onions in a vessel and pour just enough water to cover it.
4.   Put the spice bag in it and pressure cook till one whistle.
5.   Cool down and discard the spice bag and gay leaf.
6.   Mash spinach with wooden masher (or) with hands.(Do not put in mixie).
7.   Dilute with 2 to 3 cups of water.
8.   Dissolve cornflour in cold milk and add it to the soup.
9.   Add salt,sugar and reheat the soup in reduced flame.
10.   Sprinkle pepper powder and serve hot with bread sticks.(soup sticks)