Healthy sweet corn soup is an Indo- Chinese soup made with sweet corn, carrot, beans and spring onion greens and seasoned with garlic. This version of sweet corn soup is easy to make with simple ingredients and lightly spiced to make it a comfort food, especially during winter. Come, let’s see how to make this easy and healthy recipe at home with easy method and step by step pictures.

Author: PRIYA SRINIVAS

Category: Vegan

Cuisine: Indo- Chinese

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

1. Sweet corn kernels- 1/2 cup
2. Carrot- 1
3. French Beans- 10
4. Water- 1.5 cups + 1 cup (for diluting)
5. Salt- as required
6. Sugar- 1 tsp (use according to taste)
7. Pepper powder- 1/4 tsp
8. Spring onion greens- 2 tbsp
9. Garlic- 2 pods
10. Oil/ Butter- 1 tsp

For slurry: 

1. Corn flour- 2 tbsp
2. Water- 1/4 cup

For grinding:

1. Sweet corn kernels- 1/4 cup
2. Water- 1/4 cup

Method:

1. Preparation: finely chop garlic, carrot, beans and spring onion greens and set aside.

2. Grind sweet corn with water into a fine paste.

3. Heat butter in a pan and sauté garlic till it turns golden.

4. Add carrot, beans and sweet corn along with ground sweet corn paste and 1.5 cups of water and boil for 7-8 minutes until soft.

5. Add sugar and salt to it and adjust the water consistency by adding 1 cup of water. If you want a thick soup, add 1/2 cup water. (NOTE: You can also add 1 tsp vinegar at this stage if you like the flavor)

6. Prepare slurry by mixing corn flour and 1/4 cup water without lumps.

7. Add the slurry to soup and allow to thicken.

8. When the soup is thick, add pepper powder and spring onions and switch off. Hot and delicious sweet corn soup is ready to serve.