Sweet corn soup

This delicious sweet corn soup is dominated by the crunchiness of the vegetables and subtle aroma of ginger and garlic sautéed in butter. The method of preparing this soup is very easy and can be made with readily available ingredients. Relish this soup enjoying the flavors of vegetables. If you prefer to make this soup vegan, replace butter with olive oil.

Ingredients

For corn paste :

• ½ cup sweet corn
• 2 tbsp water

For soup :

• 3 tsp unsalted butter or olive oil
• 2 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 1″ ginger, finely chopped
• ¼ cup sweet corn (frozen or boiled)
• ¼ cup carrot, finely chopped
• ¼ cup beans, finely chopped
• 3 cups water
• 1 tsp pepper
• Salt to taste

For corn flour slurry :

• 1 tbsp corn flour
• ¼ cup water

Method

• Firstly, prepare the corn paste by grinding sweet corn and water into a smooth paste.
• In a large pan heat butter or olive oil. Sauté ginger and garlic for few seconds.
• Next add sweet corn, carrot, beans and pepper sauté for 2 minutes until vegetables are slightly cooked.
• To this add sweet corn paste and saute for 2 minutes.
• Further add 3 cups water, salt and stir well. Cover and boil on a low flame for 10 minutes.
• In a separate bowl mix 1 tbsp corn flour in ¼ cup water into a lump free mixture. Pour this corn flour mixture and stir well.
• Stir and boil until the soup thickens.
• Serve hot.