Beany Barley Soup

Beany Barley Soup is an amazing and highly nutritious soup bowl to try your hands upon. Made with the goodness of barley, it is the perfect dish to be incorporated in your routine diet.

Nutritional benefits –

Chickpeas offer a variety of health benefits, such as improving digestion, reducing the risk of diseases, and helping in weight management. Spinach is one of the healthiest green vegetables which is an excellent source of Vitamin A, folic acid, nitrates that helps to reduce blood pressure levels and promotes eye health.
Ingredients –

• 20 grams tomato
• 20 grams onion
• 10 grams barley
• 10 grams chickpeas
• 1-2 green chilies
• 40 grams spinach
• Ginger garlic paste
• 1 Teaspoon of red chili powder
• 1 Teaspoon of coriander powder
• ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 spring of curry leaves
• 1 cup vegetable stock
• Salt and pepper as per taste
• Fresh coriander for garnishing
• 5 grams olive oil

Calorie count-

• Calories
• 162.5 kcal
• Protein
• 5.9 grams
• Carbohydrates
• 3.7 grams
• Fat
• 14.1 grams

Method –

• Take a sauce pan heat some oil cumin seeds, curry leaves, ginger- garlic paste, green chilies and onion.
• Wait for the onions to turn translucent and add all the spices.
• Then add chopped tomato, spinach into it and simmer on low flame until the tomatoes are soft.
• On the other hand boil chickpeas and barley in a container till they become tender.
• Now, blend this tomato mixture to form a smooth paste and transfer it to the sauce pan.
• Add tomato mixture,barley and chickpeas followed by vegetable broth and water to adjust consistency. Bring to boil for 5-8 minutes.
• Garnish with fresh coriander. Serve hot.

Over to you-

Beany Barley Soup is a perfect bowl of delicious taste and ample benefits. It is for sure a must try.