Spinach Soup

Spinach Soup (Pic by June Carvalho)

WE'RE enjoying some real pleasant weather in Bangalore now after unbearably sultry weeks. A shower this evening and a consequent dip in temperature provided welcome respite...and I felt like a hot soup - comfort food for a cold day. And so, with a bunch of fresh spinach (palak) I set out to make this quick and simple spinach soup. The kids love it too...it's a good way to make them ingest some greens and get their dose of Vitamin A and iron. 

What you need for 2 servings:

1 bunch spinach

1 small onion, chopped fine

2 cloves garlic, chopped fine

A dash of pepper powder

2 tbsps Amul butter

Salt to taste

2 tbsps of fresh cream (optional)

Wash and boil spinach in a cup of water till it's just limp. Do not over-boil. Cool and puree, along with the water, in a blender. Heat the butter in a saucepan and fry the onion and garlic till soft. Add the spinach puree and salt to taste. Bring to a quick boil. Sprinkle pepper. Remove from heat. Ladle into individual bowls and garnish with the cream, one tablespoon for each bowl. Serve hot.

PS: Drop croutons into the soup if you have them handy. I toasted two slices of wholewheat bread, broke them into bits and dunked two to three bits at a time into the soup and slurped it all up!