Kids food

Mixed vegetable soup

Ingredients

Onion - 1 medium size

Carrot - 1 medium size

Potato - 1 medium size

Cabbage - 1/4 size

Spinach - A small bunch

French beans - 3 to 4

Tomatoes - 2

Cauliflower florets - 4 to 5 small size

Butter - 1tbsp

Whole meal flour - 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Water - 2 cups

Milk - 2 cups

Method

- Peel onion, potato, carrot and chop them as fine as possible.

- Clean and finely chop the cabbage, spinach, French beans, and tomato.

- Grate the cauliflower along with the tender part of the stem.

- Heat butter in a thick bottomed saucepan and add the chopped onion and saute

   for two minutes over medium heat and add all the chopped and grated vegetables.

   Stir and cook on high heat for few minutes.

- Sprinkle the whole meal flour and cook for two minutes. Stirring continuously

   over medium heat or till flour starts giving a cooked aroma. Add salt.

- Stir in the water and bring to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer till the vegetables

   are cooked and the soup reaches a fairly thick consistency.

- Gradually stir in the milk and simmer for few minutes.

- Cool and can be given it to the child.

Nutritional information

This soup provides carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins especially this soup will give beta carotene, folic acid, fibre, and small amounts of vitamin C. This can be given any time or before dinner. First time it should be given during the daytime.