Saturday, April 11, 2009

Celery Soup

Celery soup3

I had a bunch of celery that needed to be used up quickly and a soup seemed to be a good way to do just that. I adapted a recipe I saw on Everyday Food. I think the soup turned out very well and I just wanted to document it here.

Ingredients:
2 Tbsp olive oil
4-5 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
3 cups chopped celery

½ onion, sliced
1 potato, peeled and cubed
½ tsp red pepper flakes
¼ tsp powdered cloves
1 ½ cups milk
Salt
Pepper
Water


Method:
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic, onion, celery, and potato cubes; stir and cook for a minute each after every addition.


Add red pepper flakes and powdered cloves. Mix well. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables begin to soften.

Add 2-3 cups water to saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer until vegetables are very tender. Puree soup until smooth. (I used my immersion blender.) Add milk. Continue to cook till thick and creamy. Season with salt and pepper.

17 Burps:

Sakshi said...

Glad to see this recipe as I have some celery deep in the fridge which needs to jump into a hot pan soon...will try it and let u know how it came out...btw cute cup!!

Chutneytales said...

Celery soup looks divine!Never tried this...I will try this someday :)

sra said...

I clicked on this expecting to see a green soup! :-)

chris@tacosalad said...

Looks good!

Raaga said...

I know what to do with extra celery now.

I tried your pepper chickpeas... came out quite nice. Will make it again and click pictures. Thanks :-)

Homecooked said...

I am sure it tasted great! I have not yet used celery extensively. But this soup looks good!

Uma said...

I am not a great fan of soups, but your celery soup is tempting me to try atleast one spoon. :) Looks gorgeous and yummy!

Siri said...

that's one appetizing soup TBC :)

Have a great weekend ahead.

Cheers,
Siri

Unknown said...

Sounds healthy n yummy! I am trying to have soup atleast once a week. Bookmarked this for next week.

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

healthy soup... thanks for sharing.

Purnima said...

Just because...lovely pic, lovely mug, lovely soup n best directed recipe! Must try this sometime now! Thanks TBC for such a visual treat!

A_and_N said...

You know I've never tried celery? I should so do it soon!

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Nice soup... comforting for the time of the yr... Hey the cup looks great...

lubnakarim06 said...

Simple and yum....

Rajitha said...

looks super creamy and yummy! i do hope to try it without the celery...maybe with leeks or something...

Laavanya said...

I've never had just celery in a soup but have always loved it's addition when making mushroom soup.... Looks so creamy and good TBC - must try.

AnuSriram said...

Awesome! Comforting soup! Looks gr8!

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