Soups Recipes - Cabbage Soup

Ingredients

• 50g/2 oz/1/4 cup ghee

• 1 onion, chopped

• 900g/2 lb cabbage, chopped

• 1 large potato, quartered

• 2 tomatoes, halved

• 600ml/1 pt /2 1/2 cups water

• 300ml/ 1/2 pt/ 1 1/4 cups vegetable stock

• 5ml/1 tsp corn flour (cornstarch)

• salt and pepper 

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Method:

1. Heat the ghee in a pan and fry the union until soft. Add the cabbage and stir until wilted and coated with ghee.

2. Add the potato, tomatoes and water, bring to the boil, cover and cook over a medium heat for about 10 minutes. Add the stock, return to the boil and cook for 5 minutes.

3. Remove from the heat and mash or puree the soup. Blend the corn flour with a little of the soup then stir it into the pan and bring to the boil, stirring, until slightly thickened.

4. Season to taste with slat and pepper and serve hot.