Healthy, aromatic soup which will open up your senses and enlighten your soul…

The other day when I was feeling low and drained of energy, I couldn’t think of having anything but sipping a bowl of hot soup. My first thought was to go with the instant canned soup. That thought didn’t really please my mind and I actually had to make the soup from scratch to make me feel any good. Well, all the effort on making the homemade soup paid off. As soon as I started sipping this aromatic and healthy soup I instantly felt better.

That day carrots were the only vegetable left in my refrigerator and so I decided to make the soup with carrots. To make the soup aromatic I added basil to it. This is a simple soup which is very healthy and will make you feel better in no time.

Carrot Basil Soup


Ingredients:

  • Carrots, cut into small slices- 3 big
  • Onion, chopped- 1 large
  • Garlic, minced- 1 tsp
  • Basil, dried leaves- 2 tsp
  • Chicken stock or v=Vegetable stock, freshly made or canned – 2 cups
  • Ground pepper- 1/2- 3/4 tsp
  • Cream, light- 1/4 cup (optional)
  • Olive oil- 1 tbsp

Preparation:

  • Heat a wide non-stick pot over medium heat, add the oil and onions, saute for couple of minutes.
  • Add minced garlic to it and saute for a minute.
  • Add the carrots and cover the pot with its lid, let the carrot turn tender.
  • When carrots turn tender, add the dried basil leaves and ground pepper.
  • Add the chicken stock to the carrots and let come to a boil.
  • Puree the carrots along with the chicken stock in a blender.
  • Transfer the pureed carrots back to the pot and simmer for few minutes.

  • If the soup is too thick, thin it down by adding little water.
  • Finish it off by adding the cream to the soup and combine well.
  • If needed add more of the ground pepper.
  • Serve in soup bowls and sprinkle a pinch of dried basil leaves on top of the soup.
  • Sip the soup hot, before you finish the soup you’ll be grateful to yourself that you made this soup.

Tips:

  • If you don’t have chicken stock, use 1 bouillon cube instead.
  • Make this soup vegetarian by adding vegetable stock.