Cabbage Soup | Avocado Bell Pepper Salad | Rice Starch Water Recipes

Whenever we go out for dinner the first order will always be 2/4 Tomato Soup😃 As far as I remember I have never ordered a separate bowl of soup for myself when I was young. Appa graciously gives his share of fried bread pieces to me and not to my brother 😉 Adhula oru alpa sandhosham. Coming back to the 30DayBlogging Challenge, I made 6 different soups in the past two weeks. Soups definitely made my dinners healthy, delicious yet light on my tummy. The best part is none of these soups require stock cubes to add flavor and no corn flour is required to thicken the soup. Adding to the Soup Collection I made this Cabbage Soup recently and to it turned out great. I usually make Cabbage Koottu or Poriyal. This is the first time I tried preparing Soup with Cabbage.

This time instead of Nutritional Yeast I used Rice Starch Water (சாதம் வடிச்ச தண்ணி). Long back remember seeing in some random cookery show where the Chef made Vegetable Clear soup with  Starch Water. Since I mostly Pressure Cook Rice starch water is a rare thing in the kitchen. The regular batch of Ponni Rice got over recently and the brand which we usually cook is out of stock. Indian Grocery store here said that new batch will be available onky after two weeks. So bought around 5 kgs of Basmati Rice and since I usually cook Rice using ‘Draining Method’ saved some of the starch water to add to the soup. 

If you don’t have Rice Starch Water you can add Corn Starch to thicken the soup.

Day 17 Dinner bowl was a simple Cabbage Spring Onion soup & Avocado Roasted Capsicum Salad

Soup Collection Recipe Links :

1. Beetroot Soup
2. Noodle Soup / Thukpa
3. Hot & Sour Soup with Paneer + Veggies
4. Creamy Broccoli Soup
5. Corn Chowder 
6. Lentil Soup

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Cabbage Soup & Avocado Salad

Another interesting Soup recipe that can be prepared within 15 minutes. Cabbage Soup tastes so good with just few basic spices. Healthy & Low calorie meal

Course

salad, soups stews

Cuisine

indian, mexican

Keyword

Vegetables

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

Ingredients for Cabbage Soup

• 1 Cup Chopped Cabbage
• 1/4 cup Finely Chopped Spring Onions both white and green part
• 2 Cups Starch Water
• 1 green chilli
• 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon BlackPepperCorns
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon Butter or Oil

Ingredients for Avocado Salad

• 1 avocado
• 1 onion
• 1 tomato
• 1 cup Chopped Capsicum i used different colored capsicums
• 1/4 cup Finely Chopped Cucumber
• 1/4 cup spinach
• 1/2 cup Frozen Sweet Corn
• 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon Tahini Paste Roasted White Sesame Seed paste. If you don't have this paste you can omit it
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
• 1 teaspoon Chia Seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon Sunflower Seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon Melon Seeds (you can use any seeds/nuts of your choice. Walnuts Pecans,Pumpkin Seeds,Hemp seeds etc)

Course salad, soups stews Cuisine indian, mexican Keyword Vegetables Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Servings people Ingredients Ingredients for Cabbage Soup 1 Cup Chopped Cabbage 1/4 cup Finely Chopped Spring Onions both white and green part 2 Cups Starch Water 1 green chilli 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped ginger 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic 1/2 teaspoon BlackPepperCorns 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon Butter or Oil Ingredients for Avocado Salad 1 avocado 1 onion 1 tomato 1 cup Chopped Capsicum i used different colored capsicums 1/4 cup Finely Chopped Cucumber 1/4 cup spinach 1/2 cup Frozen Sweet Corn 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon Tahini Paste Roasted White Sesame Seed paste. If you don't have this paste you can omit it 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder 1 teaspoon Chia Seeds 1/2 teaspoon Sunflower Seeds 1/2 teaspoon Melon Seeds (you can use any seeds/nuts of your choice. Walnuts Pecans,Pumpkin Seeds,Hemp seeds etc)

Instructions

Preparation of Soup

1. Grind Green Chilli, Peppercorns,Garlic and Ginger pieces to a coarse paste
2. Heat butter or oil in a pan and add Cabbage

   
3. Saute for 3-4 minutes until the raw smell of cabbage goes off
4. Add the Chilli Pepper paste, salt and Starch Water
5. Let the whole mixture boil for 5 minutes in medium heat

   
6. Add finely spring onions and stir it well
7. Adjust salt and if you want more heat add Black Pepper powder before serving the soup
8. I had this delicious Cabbage Soup with Avocado Salad. That brownish tinge in the soup is coz i roasted cabbage well in the pan until it turned golden brown

   

Preparation of Salad

1. Heat half a teaspoon of oil in a pan
2. Add chopped capsicum pieces, onion. Saute well for 2-3 minutes
3. Add sweet corn, salt and pepper powder. Saute for another minute. Remove them from pan

   
4. In a wide bowl add chopped cucumber, tomato, avocado, spianch and the sauteed veggies
5. Add Olive oil, Tahini Paste and seeds. Mix them all together
6. Finally drizzle lemon juice, give it a mix, adjust salt and top the salad with Nuts & Seeds
7. Delicious Avocado Bell Pepper Salad is ready.

   
8. Alternatively you can mix all the ingredients mentioned under Salad section and eat it is a cold salad as well.