Good Eats Indian Summer Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Rinse the chicken breasts, pat dry, and brush with oil.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Slice onion into rings 1/4 inch thick, but don't separate the rings.
• Rinse the poblano pepper and pat dry.
• Grill the onion, pepper and chicken over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the vegetables are soft and chicken is cooked through.
• Place the pepper in a small paper sack while it is still hot and let it cool for 20 minutes, then peel off the skin and scrape out the seeds.
• Chop the onion, pepper and chicken into bite-size pieces.
• Melt butter in a large heavy pot over low heat.
• Saute garlic and mushrooms in the butter for 5 minutes or until softened.
• Add the chicken, onions, pepper, corn and 2 cups of water.
• Mix and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add cubed cheese and simmer until the cheese has melted.
• DO NOT allow the soup to boil.
• In a separate bowl, mix the cornstarch with 1/2 cup water.
• Stir dissolved cornstarch into the remaining 1 1/2 cups of water and add to soup.
• Cook over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large stock-pot over medium heat.
• Add garlic and onion, cover.
• cook for 5 minutes until onion softens.
• Add rest of ingredients, cook for 10 minutes more or until vegetables are tender.
• Serve in bowls with grated Parmesan cheese on top.

Steps:

• Rinse the pearl barley and cook following pack instructions. When it is tender, drain and set aside. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a deep, heavy-bottomed pan. Fry the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chillies, bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon and turmeric until fragrant and the seeds start to crackle. Tip in the onion and garlic, then cook for 5-8 mins until soft. Stir in the parsnip, butternut and sweet potato and mix thoroughly, making sure the vegetables are fully coated with the oil and spices. Sprinkle in the paprika, ground coriander and seasoning, and stir again.
• Add the lentils, pearl barley, tomatoes and 1.7 litres water. Bring to the boil then turn down and simmer until the vegetables are tender. When the lentils are almost cooked, stir in the chopped coriander, ginger and lemon juice.