It’s the soup season again. While winter is a bit far away, the weather has become pleasant and you can surely witness brisk air. With the season shifting from autumn to winter and degrading air quality, people will experience cold and cough which will make them want to snuggle in your blanket with a hot bowl of soup.
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This season also means a variety of vegetables flooding the farmer’s market. Thus, vegetarians and vegans have options to experiment with in the kitchen. From mixed vegetables to spicy black beans, the below-mentioned soup recipes are comforting and screamy cosy binge-watching sessions.
Butternut Squash & Apple Soup
This soup recipe is loaded with the goodness of vegetables and fruits. It includes cooking squash, apples, and onions in coconut milk, vegetable broth, cinnamon, and ginger. The result is an aromatic blend that will leave your mouth slobbering while cooking. Once you are done cooking, keep the mixture aside to cool off, and blend it in a grinder. You can also use a hand blender while cooking and keep the large chunks in the soup for texture.
Coconut Lentil Soup
This soup recipe sells because it has the goodness of lentils and coconut, the two most nutritious plant-based ingredients known to humans. Red lentils are cooked with onion, coconut milk, vegetable broth, ginger, spinach, turmeric, lemon juice, and cumin seeds. You must let the ingredients simmer on a low flame so the soup is thick and flavourful.
Carrot And Ginger Soup
Carrot and ginger soup is a soulful recipe that vegetarians and vegans enjoy, irrespective of their health status. If you cook the star ingredients in vegetable broth and coconut milk along with a sprinkle of roasted cumin powder, black pepper, and red chilli powder, you will have a lip-smacking recipe. You can saute vegetables with chopped onion and garlic to take the flavour profile up a notch.
Roasted Tomato Basil Soup
If you are looking for a recipe that not only satisfies your hunger but also leaves your soul happy, you must try making roasted tomato basil soup at home. Before roasting tomatoes, cook chopped garlic in olive oil. Cook the rest of the ingredients in vegetable broth and balsamic vinegar. Let the soup simmer so that the vegetables are cooked through. Add salt and pepper later. Enjoy this with garlic bread or toast.
Vegetable Corn Chowder
Potato, corn, onions, carrots, and celery are among the star ingredients. You can add more vegetables if you wish to. For example, broccoli, peas, etc. After sauteing onion and garlic, cook other vegetables. After adding coconut milk or regular milk, turn the flame to the lowest setting and let the ingredients simmer. Use a hand blender to grind the ingredients and season it before serving.
Black Bean Soup
Tomatoes, black beans, garlic, and coriander leaves make the recipe shine. It deserves to be cherished by everyone for all the nutrients it comes with. First, beans are boiled and cooked with garlic, tomatoes, chilli powder, vegetable broth, and cumin powder. After the ingredients have simmered on a low flame for about 15 minutes, top the blend with coriander leaves and lemon juice. You can enjoy this soup with rice and rice dishes.