Low Calorie Soups to reduce weight

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    Tomato soup

    Ingredients:

    Tomatoes big 2
    Onion big 1
    Ginger 1 small piece
    Salt as per taste
    Pepper as per taste
    Corriander leaves 5 strands
    Water 4 cups

    Method:

    1. First,boil water in a pan.
    2. Add tomatoes by cutting it into halves, add big pieces of onion to it. Add peeled ginger piece and allow all three to boil till the tomatoes are cooked.Then remove from heat .
    3. Allow it to cool.
    4. Now grind the onion and tomaotes into a thick paste.You may filter it if necessary.
    5. Then to the same water used for boiling pour the juice of the above and keep boiling till it thickens.
    6. Add pepper ,salt and coriander leaves as per taste and serve hot.

    Bread sticks will be good with this.
     
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    Tomato soup 2

    Ingredients:

    Tomatoes (medium size) 8
    Water 3-1/2 cups
    Butter 1/2 tbsp.
    Black pepper powder 1/4 tsp.
    Red chilli powder 1/4 tsp.
    Bay leaf and cumin powder 1/2 tsp.
    Ginger-garlic paste 1/4 tsp.
    Salt to taste
    Cream for garnishing 2 tbsp.(for normal diet people)


    Method:

    1. Put the tomatoes in a saucepan with water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook until tomatoes become tender. You can also pressure cook it (wait for 2 whistles and then switch off the gas).
    2. Make tomato puree in blender. Add water and strain it to remove the seeds and tomato skin.
    3. Heat butter in a pan.
    4. Add black pepper powder, red chilli powder, bay leaf and cumin powder, ginger-garlic paste and salt.
    5. Add tomato puree, bring to boil and cook for 5 minutes on medium heat .
    6. Remove from the fire and serve.
     
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    Tomato soup 3



    Tomatoes (medium size) 8
    Water 3-1/2 cups
    Butter 1/2 tbsp.
    Green chilly 3 - 4
    Black pepper powder 1/4 tsp.
    Bay leaf.
    Salt to taste
    Cream for garnishing 2 tbsp.(for normal diet people)

    Cut tomatoes, remove seeds.
    Cut green chilly, put all in a mixer grinder and make a puree.
    In a pan put butter put bay leaf and pour the grind mixture.
    Bring it to a boil. Add salt.
    Allow it to cook for a while.
    Remove from the fire and serve with Black pepper powder on it.
    For normal people, who are not dieting, can put cream for garnishing.

    Note: You can use tomato paste or tomato puree to make this soup immediately.
     
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    Spinach soup

    Ingredients:

    Spinach (chopped) 3 cups
    Cucumber (chopped) 1 cup
    Water 3-1/2 cups
    Butter 1 tbsp. ( can put 1/2 sp.)
    Black pepper powder 1/2 tsp.
    Cumin powder 1/2 tsp.
    Ginger paste 1/2 tsp.
    Lemon juice 2 tbsp.
    Salt to taste
    Green chilly (optional)
    Method:

    1. Put spinach and cucumber in a saucepan along with water and cook until tender on medium heat. Or pressure cook it (one whistle).
    2. On cooling, blend it in electric blender to make smoothy paste.
    3. Heat butter in a pan. Add black pepper powder, cumin powder, ginger paste, salt.
    4. Add blended spinach-cucumber and lemon juice.Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes.
    5. Serve hot
     
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    Chilled cucumber soup

    Ingredients:

    2 medium-sized onions, chopped fine
    4 cucumbers peeled, seeded and sliced
    2 ½ cups of yoghurt
    1 bunch fresh green coriander
    Tabasco sauce to taste
    salt and freshly ground black pepper
    2 cups of stock

    Method:

    Wash the coriander thoroughly. Chop the leaves and the stalks and keep aside.

    Add the peeled and chopped onions and the peeled, seeded and sliced cucumbers with the coriander into a blender and mix well till everything is finely chopped.

    In a bowl mix the yoghurt with the Tabasco and the salt and freshly ground black pepper to your taste.

    If you want the spice to be a little less then hold back on the Tabasco adding just 4-5 drops, for a stronger flavour add in more Tabasco.

    Whisk the stock and the cucumber mixture into the yoghurt well.

    Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours allowing it to chill.

    For best effect, chill the bowls you want to serve the cucumber soup in and pour the chilled soup into them, when you are ready to serve.

    This can be garnished with a dollop of yoghurt and a few coriander leaves.

    Serves: 8
    95 calories per serving
     
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    Dear Krishnamma,

    I am so thankful to u for those wonderful soups that I actually wanna ask u to post in this site. Can u also post the cabbage soup in this thread ? I guess that soup was very helpful for u in loosing weight. I heard from my elders that this soup is very gud for those who wants to loose the excess calories. But I haven't find the recipe in our country style so.....

    Thanq Krishnamma !!!! :clap
     
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    Dear Krishnaamma,

    First of all thank you very much for your wonderful contribution. Your low cal soups are a boon to people losing weight. They seem very easy to prepare also. I will surely try a few of them and give you a feed back.

    Love
    Shobana
     
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    Thank you

    Hi Shobana,

    Thank you for your mail. I will wait for your FB.
     
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    Hello Teja,

    I have already given that soup in this place. Please see that. I think you asked for this. Waiting for your FB.:-D
     
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    Dear Krishnaamma,

    I prepared Spinach Soup as per your recipe. Came out really well, I used olive oil instead of butter. The flavour of the soup was really good. Thank you for sharing the recipe.

    Love
    Shobana
     

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