Carrot and green or golden Apple soup

Ingredients:

• 3-4 medium sized green or golden apples washed and diced
• 1" piece ginger washed, Peeled and diced
• 4-5 medium sized carrots washed, Peeled and diced
• 3 medium sized tomatoes washed and diced
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 large Potato washed, Peeled and diced
• 1 cube butter
• 1 tsp black pepper powder
• 2 green chillies chopped
• 1 tsp oil
• 5-6 mugs of vegetable stock/ water.
• 1/4th tsp each of Dried basil and Parsley herbs.
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Heat pressure cooker, add oil and butter, let the butter melt. Add onion and ginger. Saute till translucent. Add carrots, saute for half a min, then add green apples and potatoes.
2. Add Salt and black pepper, mix well, saute for a minute. Now add tomatoes, green chillies, lemon juice, Dried basil and Parsley herbs. Mix well, add atock/water and close the pressure cooker lid.
3. After 2 whistles, turn the flame to low, cook in pressure for further 5 mins. Turn off flame and let the cooker de-pressurise on its own.
4. Open the lid, strain the vegetables, retaining the water by keeping a pan below the Sieve. Once the mix cools, grind to a smooth paste, mix with the retained stock, give a boil, garnish with black pepper powder and serve hot sikh soup Sticks, soup buns, croutons, or just plain soup