LENTIL SOUP WITH KHAKRA CHIPS

_{LENTIL SOUP WITH KHAKRA CHIPS} 

_{Soups are one thing which you can have any time of the year or any time of the day.}

_{In Boring hot summers when you don’t want to cook a laborious meal and spend hours in front of the stove, soups come handy.} 

_{In chilly winters when instead of your kitchen your duvet calls you then too soups come to rescue.} 

_{Not only soups are great in flavors but are high in nutritional values too.}

_{The best thing about soups which I like the most is, you can have them hot or cold according to personal choice.}

_{A simple twist or tweak here and there and tadaaa a new flavor is there in your bowl.}

_{My family is fond of soups. We prefer having a toasted slice or garlic bread on the side and the meal is done.}

_{Lentil soup is nothing new but my twist to this otherwise popular soup is addition of raw mangoes and believe me the taste was heavenly.} 

_{This is my way of making this soup, simple and quick. Its loaded with goodness of daal, spinach, carrot, raw mango and some kaffir lime leaves for flavor.}

_{Instead of bread I served with home made Khakra in Chips style which makes it a complete meal.}

_{The combo was such a super hit that bowls and bowls were cleaned but still our heart was asking for more.}

_{HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS SOUP}

_{*Complete Meal in a Bowl.}

_{*Best way to give your children all the vegetables.}

_{*Full of proteins,vitamins,minerals and iron.}

*NO ONION NO GARLIC

_{*SOUPer easy to make.}

_{*SOUPer yumm in taste.}

_{So coming to the recipe part now-}

_{For Soup:( for 4 servings)}

_INGREDIENTS:

_{Moong daal- 1cup( or any lentil/pulses/daal of your choice) ( Washed n soaked for ½hr.)}

_{Spinach- 8-10 leaves ( washed n chopped)}

_{Carrot- 1 medium size ( cut into cubes)}

_{Raw mango- 1 medium(peel ,discard the seed and cut cheeks into pieces)}

_{Kaffir lime leaves- 8-10 (You can use 1tbsp lemon juice instead of lime leaves)}

_{Salt  to taste}

_{Crushed Black Pepper To taste}

_{Turmeric powder -1 tsp}

_{Ginger- 2″ pc ( cut)}

_DIRECTIONS:

_{Pressure cook all the above ingredients except pepper powder.( 3-4 whistles)}

_{Blend with a blender to a smooth consistency.}

_{Add pepper and adjust salt to your taste.}

_{Serve hot.}

_{For Khakra chips}

_INGREDIENTS:

_{Gram flour( besan)-3 cups}

_{Wheat flour( atta)- 1 cup}

_{Kasoori methi- 2tsp}

_{Sesame seeds- 2 tsp}

_{Chaat masala- 1 tsp}

_{Red chilli powder- 1 tsp}

_{Coriander powder-1 tsp}

_{Salt to taste}

_DIRECTIONS:

_{Make a medium hard dough with all the above ingredients by adding just enough water.}

_{Divide the dough into equal portions( just the size of normal chapati dough ball) and roll out each portion into very thin rounds with help of dry flour.}

_{Cook lightly for a few seconds on one side on a hot tawa (griddle).}

_{Turn it and make slight cuts with the help of a pizza cutter. The cuts should just be like markings.}

_{Apply a little ghee or oil.}

_{Turn it and cook again on a slow flame until crisp using little pressure.}

_{Your Khakra chips are ready.}

_{Serve these Khakra chips with hot Soup.}

_Enjoy.

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