Tag Archives: soup

Soup’s On! Pressure Cooker Minestrone

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Tadka Pasta

Winters are for curling up with a good book or movie and hot, comforting food. The days that seem so much shorter bring on a wave of inertia and we barely make it to the coffee pot without grumbling. Gone … Continue reading →

Posted in Soup Souk | Tagged beans, chickpeas, Italian, minestrone, one pot, pressure cooker, recipes, soup, vegetable, vegetarian | Leave a comment

Soup Splash with Carrots and Leeks

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Tadka Pasta

We’ve had a really short spring in our part of the world this year, with the cool winter days transforming almost overnight, and giving us a taste of summer even in the usually balmy month of February. Because of this the vegetable … Continue reading →

Posted in Soup Souk, Uncategorized | Tagged carrot, creamy, fennel, leek, leeks, low calorie, low fat, soup, vegetarian | Leave a comment

Restaurant Review: Soup, Salad & Sorbet at The Market, Ritz-Carlton

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Tadka Pasta

We could not find a better way to kick-start the week than stopping by to sample the Soup, Salad and Sorbet spread at The Market, an all-day buffet restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton, Bangalore. The restaurant has a light and open … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews | Tagged asian, Bangalore, buffet, casual dining, Residency Road, review, Ritz-Carlton, salad, Sorbet, soup, The Market | Leave a comment

Soup-erb Stock from Scraps

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Tadka Pasta

On a blustery, rainy evening, when the mind is set on a slow-simmered pot of soup, there can’t be too much to nitpick or niggle about if all the ingredients are within arm’s reach to whisk up something that only … Continue reading →

Posted in Soup Souk | Tagged broth, corn cobs, homemade, how to make stock, leftover, scraps, soup, stock from corn cobs, stock recipe, Thai, vegan, vegetable stock, vegetarian | 10 Comments

Root for Fall – Snappy Sweet Potato Soup

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

Find more delicious recipes like this one in our eBook, Mango Masala: 60 Indian Recipes From Your Local Supermarket, on Amazon, iTunes, B&N. The russet-skinned, orange-fleshed tubers can be a trifle too sweet for the spice loving lot. They’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Soup Souk | Tagged Fall vegetables, jalapeno, paprika, red bell pepper, Root for Fall, soup, starchy tuber, sweet potato, sweet potato soup, tubers, yam | 20 Comments

Kicked-up Black-Bean Soup

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

“I’ll serve something black. Bean soup, licorice, coffee. It’ll be very grim, I promise. We’ll cover the mirrors. We’ll listen to Piaf. We’ll read passages from Dostoyevsky.” ~ Stephanie Kallos Whether it’s the Brazilian feijoada – an amalgamation of … Continue reading →

Posted in Soup Souk | Tagged bean soup, Black Beans, Corn, healthy, meat free, meatless, Mexican, soup, spicy soup, vegetarian soup, zesty soup | 13 Comments

Lemon and Spice Cabbage Soup

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

Going by food activist Anna Lappe’s assertion that our view of food is largely an “illusion of abundance,” a light cabbage soup would sound like something a hard-nosed dietician recommended. Or perhaps what Beatrix Potter’s Flopsy bunnies cooked in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Soup Souk | Tagged cabbage, easy, healthy, lemon, light soup, low calorie, low fat, simple, soup, spice, Tadka | 2 Comments

Cauliflower Soup, No Curry.

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

Every Indian cook worth her salt must feel the burden of many myths weighing down upon her like a dark cloud as she whisks up gravies and kneads flours to produce flavorful culinary results. She keeps many a secret weapon to unleash … Continue reading →