Wintry Soup Recipe

Ingredients:
4 cups vegetable stock
For vegetable stock, boil 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1/2 cup bottle gourd and 2-3 french beans in 4 cups water, till soft. Blend in mixie, strain and use.
1/2 onion ,chopped fine
1/4 tsp ginger paste
1/4 tsp garlic paste
1/4 tsp. cumin powder
2-3 pinches turmeric powder
1 tsp curry powder
salt to taste
1/2 cup frozen corn
1/2 cup tomatoes, chopped finely
1/4 cup tomato puree
2 tbsp raw rice
2 tbsp moong dal (yellow)
1 tbsp oil


Method
Heat oil in a pan
Fry onion, ginger and garlic till transparent
Add cummin powder, turmeric and curry powder
Add vegetable stock and bring it to boil
Add moong dal and let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
Add rice, corn, tomatoes and puree
Let it cook till rice is done
Serve hot. Soup sticks, pepper and salt, as desired.