Monday 1 October 2007

Easy Onion Soup

The weather is getting colder here so I have started making soups again.
I made this Onion soup which is really very easy and simple.
I know it is not the real French onion soup with wine and beef broth ( it seems if you add beef broth it gives really this dark colour, but i stick to the vegetable broth).
I also didn't do the toast with cheese, as i made the soup for everyday use than special occasion.

Onions

Frying onions

Hot bowl of soup

Ingridients.
4 big onions thinly sliced.
1 garlic finley Chopped.
One and a Half ( 1500 ml) vegetable broth. I used broth tablets.
Pepper powder to taste
1 tbsp flour.2 to 3 tbsp oil/butter
Method:
Heat the oil in a pan and add the onions, fry them till really brown (not burned)?
I fry them in slow fire; so the onions don't burn.
When the onions are brown and soft add the garlic and fry for few seconds.
Now add the flour stir very nice ( i use the flour just to make the soup a little thinck).
Add the vegetable stock and the pepper powder stir well and cook for 10 minutes.
If you want you cab serve the soup with toasted bread with melted cheese on it.

30 comments:

Apple said...

Soup with Onions....never tasted this...Looks great

FH said...

Love this soup. I made French Onion soup at Aroma. Looks great F, warm soup for winter! Slurp!:))

Finla said...

apple, Mostly onion soup is famous in France.

Asha i checked your post with onion soup. It looks delicious. You also used scallions, i didn't as they are so expensive now.
You can expect more soup from me as the weather is getting cold F :-)

Sia said...

bring it on girl... its getting nippier here...

M'nMs said...

Good idea...for some reason, I thought of beef stock and that was the end of onion soup for me. Like this!

Laavanya said...

Looks very good... I have tried these but not made these at home. I love the toast and cheese on top.. and caramelized onions.

Anonymous said...

I live in France and I have yet to make one bowl of onion soup. :p I love having tomato soup during winter. Yes, the cold season is in.

Namratha said...

Simple and sweet just like you! :) Nice recipe..

Bindiya said...

this was a childhood favorite but somehow had forgotton about thx for reminding and the lovely and easy recipe

Kribha said...

My hubby is a soup lover but I do not know many. Will be checking your blog for more soups. That bowl of onion soup looks so comforting.

Siri said...

Soups are so soothing in the chilly winter.. Nice recipe HC..:D

Rajitha said...

yaay! u made this vegetarian..u are the best!!

Cynthia said...

All we need now are some big hunks of bread to go with this. Looks great HC.

Tee said...

mmm...this is my kind of winter comfort food! :)

Daily Meals said...

Onion soup...must give it a try..

Shweta said...

I love soups! Thanks for the great recipe. Will be trying it out very soon.

Sona - quick picks/pick quicks said...

great recipie for a rainy day!!

Finla said...

sia, here to it is getting colder so u can sxpect more soupy from me :-)

m&ms well i thgt adding the veggie stock will be a good idea, but i think lot of my soups are non.veg

Lavanya. Me too like it with the toast the est but this i made for a weekday so did without it


the cooking nija. Living in France and not yet made onion soup, you should then really try this :-))

Narmatha. Me simple that is true, but SWEET No way.... :-))))

Finla said...

bindya. Well now you can make it again and have the feeling when u had the soup when you were yound ( not that you are old now :-)))

kribha, my hubby also isa soup guy, he likes to have soup everyday before his meal so i do make soup a lot. But then i make them and keep it in the fridge or frezze it.

siri thankyou

rajitha Thankx. But next soup won't be veg sorry :-)

Cynthia thankx. Yeah when i ate the soup i too missed the toast with cheese on it.

tea join the club it is mine too

daily meals, give it a try, u will then make it more often

shweta, let me know if you liked it ot not.

a kitchen scientist.. thanks, when i made the soup it was raining here ....

Padma said...

Soup looks yummy! and very comforting on cold chilly nights!

Unknown said...

Thatz a lovely soup. Perfect for the climate.

Prajusha said...

hi,
onion soup looks yummy and it is really nice to have this soup during winter.thanks for sharing the recipe.

Raks said...

Looks and sounds new!!Will try it for sure!!

Finla said...

Padam and Pushpa it is true what you are saying and it is healthy too.

prajusha and everybody have onions at home, so it is easy to whip it up in no time

raks you should try it, it is really a nice soup

Lissie said...

a really nice soup! the weather is getting cooler here in Bangalore too. it is time i too started making soups...

Shella said...

Hey Happy Cook the weather is getting chillier by the day in Delhi too, & this year I have promised myself to make it a point to make soups at home. Thanks for the recipe. I am surely going to try it, though i've never had onion soup before.

Nan said...

Thanks for this great recipe! I tried it and it turned out wonderfully, the only thing my husband didn't like was that the soup tasted a little sour. I only had chicken stock, so used that for the broth, and think I recall finding the same thing when using it in other recipes. Without adding a lot of sugar, do you know of any way to offset the sour taste of chicken broth? Thanks again!

Finla said...

Nan Thankyou for trying the soup.
Are you sure youare using a good chicken stock normally my soup never taste sour.
Try changing the brand of stock you use.
I make soup almost every alternative days and I have never had that the chicken stock is tasting sour.

Ruth Store said...

YUM! I am currently snowed in, which not a great deal in the cupboards. I Had the ingredients for this soup though and it was delicious! So glad I found your blog! =)

Charul said...

Made it...came out great....thanks.