December 4, 2024

Vegetable Soup (maraq khudrad ah )

Ingredients

  • Various veggies, diced
  • One yellow onion, diced
  • A couple cloves of garlic, diced
  • Vegetable bullion, four cubes
  • 1 package pasta (any kind except the longer ones like spaghetti or linguini is good — I like the bow-tie pasta or shell pasta)
  • 1 can each kidney beans and white beans
  • 1 can stewed tomatoes
  • water
  • olive oil, a few tablespoons
  • salt and black pepper and Italian seasoning to taste

Directions

  • Dice all the veggies and open the cans of beans (and corn if you’re using canned corn); be sure not to skin the squash — just scoop out the seeds and dice it up
  • Heat up the olive oil in a large pot and saute the onion and garlic
  • throw in all the veggies except the spinach; stir and heat up until veggies start to get a little soft
  • Season veggies with some salt, pepper and Italian seasoning
  • throw in the beans, pasta, stewed tomatoes, and enough water so that the pot is nearly full (not all the way!); heat on high until boiling, then turn down to medium heat
  • mix vegetable bullion with warm water in a cup until dissolved, and pour into soup; boil until pasta nearly cooked
  • throw in the spinach a couple minutes before the soup is done; when the pasta is cooked, the soup is done; be sure to season with more salt, pepper and Italian seasoning to taste
  • Enjoy!