A Hearty Cabbage Soup To Warm You Up During Cold Weather

There’s nothing as comforting as a bowl of warm cabbage soup to beat the winter chill.

If you’re craving a hearty meal to nourish your body and soul, look no further as this cabbage soup is the perfect choice.

Ingredients

• 3 cups roughly chopped cabbage
• 1 small onion roughly chopped
• ¼ cup chopped celery (or carrots)
• 1 small green chili sliced
• 3 cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 inch ginger
• 1 cube Vegetarian Maggi cube optional
• ¼ to ½ teaspoon sugar
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• Coriander leaves/cilantro for garnishing

For seasoning---

• 2 tablespoons ghee/clarified butter/oil
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

• Wash, peel and chop ginger into 2 to 3 large pieces
  Heat a pressure pan and once hot, add oil and butter along with cloves and bay leaves. Saute for a few seconds.
• Add chopped onions, ginger pieces, celery and green chilies.
• Fry for about 1 minute on medium high, stirring often.
• Stir in chopped cabbage and sauté again for 2 minutes.
  Add 1 to 1 ½ cups water and pressure cook on high for 1 whistle.
• If using the instant pot, pressure cook for 2 minutes and then release pressure.
• Remove the whole spices: cloves, ginger, bay leaf and green chilies.
• Blend the mixture in a mixie/blender. You can use an immersion blender too.
• Add water to the consistency you want, a crushed Maggi seasoning cube (if using), salt to taste and sugar; just a pinch if preferred. Mix well and bring to a boil.
• Once it comes to a boil, lower the heat and simmer on medium low for 5 minutes.
  Meanwhile, prepare the seasoning.

To make the seasoning---

• Heat ghee/oil in a small saucepan and once hot, stir in crushed black pepper powder.
• As soon as you see the spice sizzle, remove and add the seasoning to the simmering soup.
• Garnish light, healthy and lip-smacking cabbage soup with chopped cilantro/celery leaves/dill leaves and serve hot with garlic bread or even plain toast or a sandwich.

To make the garlic bread---

• Soften butter and mix in grated garlic, freshly ground black pepper and chopped cilantro; mix well to combine.
• Slice your choice of bread. Slather the garlic butter on both sides.
• Heat a griddle and once hot, grill the bread slices on both sides on medium until light brown.
• Serve slightly crisp garlic bread with hot and soothing cabbage soup.

(Recipe credit: curryandvanilla.com)