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Potato and Spring Onion Soup

Servings 4
Description
Mild and comforting soup...
Ingredients
  • 1 bunch spring onion
  • 1 potato (medium to big)
  • 2 garlic (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon soya sauce or lime juice
  • few drops capsico sauce (optional)
  • 1 to 2 teaspoon minced coriander leaves
  • 2 to 3 hot water
  • 1 teaspoon butter or oil
Instructions
  1. Wash and chop spring onion, both white and green portions. Keep few greens for garnish.
  2. Wash, peel and cut potatointo medium chunks.
  3. Heat butter/ oil. Add garlic, spring onion. Saute for 1 minute.
  4. Add potatoes and saute a bit. Add salt, 2 to 3 cups hot water. Boil and simmer for 5 to 6mins or till potatoes are tender. You could also pressure cook in cooker for upto 1 whistle.
  5. Once cooked you may either add seasoning and serve as chunky soup or cool and grind and then season.
  6. If not grinding, add salt, pepper, minced coriander, sauces. Add lime juice at the last. Simmer 1 to 2 mins and garnish and serve hot.
  7. If grinding, cool the cooked potato mixture and grind to puree. Pour into saucepan, adjust by adding water if needed. Reheat and add salt, pepper, sauce, minced coriander. Add lime juice at the last if adding. Garnish and serve hot.
Note
For variation you can add boiled corn or boiled noodles when you add the sauces.
If grinding, you may add peppercorn along with potatoes when cooking.