Monday, January 12, 2009

Cream of mushroom soup

Ingredients:

Button Mushrooms - 250gms
Onion - 1/2 or 1 small finely chopped
Cornflour - 1 tsp
Milk - 2 cups
Pepper powder -to taste
Salt to taste
Bay Leaves - 3
Cloves - 3
Onion shoot - 2 shoots finely chopped
Coriander - finely chopped

Method of Preparation:

Saute the cornflour in butter/olive oil, make sure not to burn it.Then add milk and water as required, add bay leaves, cloves,pepper powder,salt and bring to boil, remove the bay leaves and cloves and set aside. Heat some olive oil in a pot and saute the chopped onions and once they are soft add the mushrooms and half the quantity of chopped coriander and saute them until cooked, now take 1/3 of this mixture and grind coarsely. Add this ground mixture to the milk along with the sauteed mushrooms and chopped onion shoots and bring to boil until it thickens.Now garnish with remaining chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with garlic bread or toast.

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