Shahi badam shorba -indian style almond & vegetable soup

Ingredients

• Potato: 1 big
• Cabbage: chopped 1/4 cup
• Green Bell Pepper: 1 small
• Onion: 1 small
• Almonds: 1 cup
• Milk: 1 cup
• Water: 2 cups
• Bayleaf
• Salt
• Pepper
• Butter: 2 tablespoons (Can use vegetable oil)

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Preparation

• Chop onions ,bell pepper and cabbage finely.Cube the potatoes.
• Dry roast almonds in a pan/kadai till lightly browned. You can do this in an oven as well. Keep aside.
• Heat butter/oil in the same pan,add the chopped vegetables and saute.
• Once they start cooking and the raw smell goes,add little salt and pepper and 3/4th of almonds and continue cooking for a few minutes.
• Add milk and water needed to cook the vegetables and bayleaf and cook for a few minutes till they are tender.
• Let it cool for a few minutes,then remove the bayleaf and puree in a blender adding more water/milk if needed.
• Strain to obtain a thick clear pale puree.Boil for a few minutes and then serve adding the remaining almonds(sliced or as such),salt and pepper as per taste and optionally with cream.