Spinach Soup | How to make spinach soup?
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Recipe type: Starter/Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2 people
 
Creamy dreamy spinach soup for a cold winter night
Ingredients
  • 200 Gm or 2 Cup packed chopped spinach
  • ½ Tbsp olive oil/oil/butter
  • 1 chopped clove of garlic
  • ½ Tbsp cornflour
  • ¼ Cup whole/full cream milk
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ Tsp black pepper powder
  • A pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
  • ¼ Tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
  • 2 Tbsp chopped basil or ½ Tsp dry basil
  • Water to adjust thickness of soup
Method
  1. Wash spinach well and drain all water
  2. Heat oil and add chopped garlic. Saute till spinach wilts
  3. Grind with a hand blender till pureed, bring back to boil, adjust water, add around ½ Cup to start with
  4. Add ½ Tbsp corn flour in a bowl and mix well into a paste with little milk. Pour this into the soup
  5. Add ¼ Cup more milk, add salt, add ½ Tsp pepper powder, add a small pinch of ground nutmeg and cayenne pepper
  6. Add chopped basil (a small handful)
  7. Serve hot with garlic bread, add grated parmesan on top if desired
Notes
Grind in mixer or blender. It is not essential to have a hand blender to make this recipe. Make sure the spinach cools down a bit before blending

Add a dash of cream if you like towards the end

Blanch spinach leaves in boiling water for a minute and drain them instead of sauteing them in olive oil
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/spinach-soup/