Sweet Corn Veg Soup

I am not a great fan of soups but the cool weather forces me to try one.A cup of hot soup soothes cold and cough and provides relief from those symptoms.I usually make tomato soup and this time wanted to try sweet corn vegetable soup and browsed a lot of recipes.It turned out that making sweet corn vegetable soup is very simple with few  ingredients apart from the veggies.I had some spinach too and so I added it to this soup.It tasted very yummy when served hot in this cold winter.

Serves:5

Preparation time:25 mins

Ingredients:

Sweet corn -1/4 cup

Finely chopped vegetables(carrot,French beans,cauliflower)-1/2 cup

Chopped spinach-1/4 cup

Finely chopped ginger-1 tbsp

Finely chopped garlic-1 tbsp

Butter-2 tsp

Corn flour-3 tbsp

Oregano/basil -1 tsp

Salt-to taste

Freshly ground pepper-1 tbsp(or according to your taste)

Procedure:

1.Boil all the vegetables and sweet corn in a pot.do not strain the stock.

2.Heat a pan with the butter and add the chopped garlic and ginger and saute it.

3.Then add the chopped spinach and saute well till the raw smell goes off.

4.Mix the corn flour in 2 cups of water at room temperature.add all the boiled vegetables and sweet corn along with the stock to this cornflour mixture.Add the sautéed spinach and ginger/garlic mixture too.

5.Heat this on low flame till the soup turns transparent/clear.Add the oregano/basil ,salt and pepper to the soup .

6.Serve hot with butter toast or soup sticks .

Tips:

*you can avoid spinach if you wish.i had some spinach left so I added.

*you can grind few boiled sweet corn and add the purée to this soup.

* you can add chopped green chillies in vinegar to this soup to make it a bit spicy.