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My Vegetables are Wilting Indian Vegetable Soup
I often get a little over excited at the farmers market and buy too much. I can't help it - everything looks so good. But I always overestimate how many times I'm going to get to cook rather than meeting friends for dinner or reheating leftovers. Particularly this week with New Year's eve and an open house on New Year's day, I didn't cook as much as I thought I would.
Yesterday, I had the uncommon good sense to check the state of the veggie drawer before I went to the market and realized I had over bought the week before and had chard, cauliflower and broccoli wilting in the drawer. The cauliflower and broccoli were leftover from making a veggie tray for a friend's party, but the chard was just neglected. Ugh. I hate to waste food. Making soup is one of the few remedies I know for wilting veggies. Luckily, it cooled down today so a big pot of veggie soup was exactly what I wanted. I had a hodge podge of left over veggies from the week - the aforementioned wilting chard and broccoli, 1/2 a head of purple cauliflower and a big turnip. Perfect. For some unknown reason, I have been craving Indian flavors (maybe it was the episode of No Reservations set in India that I watched yesterday), so I decided to spice it with curry powder. If you don't like curry, then use something else for your flavoring or you could just use s alt and pepper and it's going to taste great.  On a completely unrelated note, my friends and I hosted an open house in honor of some friends who are getting married in a few weeks. I made a few dishes including a veggie tray. I know what you're thinking - big deal, it's a veggie tray. Well, you're right, but using the very fresh variety of veggies from the farmers market, I made a veggie tray that people actually talked about. When's the last time you pulled that off?  Rather than using plain white cauliflower, I used a head of Romanesco cauliflower and a head of purple cauliflower. Everything else was predictable, but the "funny" cauliflower was the center of the conversation. Serve it with Grandma's Hummus from the Mediterranean Chef and you have a show stealer. Indian Vegetable Soup  1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, peeled and chopped 2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped 1 large turnip, peeled and chopped 1/2 head of broccoli, chopped 1/2 head of cauliflower, cored and chopped (I used purple because that is what I had, but you can use anything) 1 bunch swiss chard 1 can garbanzo beans (chick peas), drained salt and pepper to taste 1.5 tsps hot curry powder 1 qt broth (chicken or veggie) Heat olive oil in a pot and saute onion and garlic for about 5 minutes. Add turnip and saute another 2-3 minutes. Add broccoli, cauliflower, swiss chard, and beans and stir well. Add the seasoning, combining with the vegetables. Add the stock and bring to a simmer. Lower heat, cover and cook for about an hour. related searches : Vegetables
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