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Ingredients
soup
- 1/4 cup white beans dried
- 1 bay leaf tej patta
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 stalks of celery chopped
- 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1/2 cup pumpkin diced
- 1/2 cup green zucchini diced
- 1/2 cup yellow zucchini diced
- 1/2 cup french beans cut crosswise into quarters
- 1/2 cup green peas blanched
- 1/2 cup tomato finely chopped
- 1/2 cup boiled pasta any small / macaroni
- salt and pepper to taste
pistou
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tomato peeled, deseeded, and diced
- 2 tbsp paneer crumbled
- pinch of salt
Ingredients
soup
pistou
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Instructions
- Rinse and soak the beans for 5-6 hours.
- Drain the beans and put them in a large saucepan with the bay leaf and enough water ( about 3/4 litre ), to cover the beans, cook the beans until tender, adding more water if necessary, once cooked, keep it aside.
- Heat the oil in a large pot, add celery, diced pumpkin, zucchini, french beans, tomato, and season with salt and pepper powder, cook until the vegetables are
- completely cooked, add thyme, the cooked beans and their liquid, then green peas plus 1 litre water. Bring the soup to a boil, add pastas and simmer for a few minutes, switch off the flame.
- Add all ingredients for the pistou in a grinder and grind it into a paste. You can also use a food processor.
- Remove the bay leaf before serving soupe.
- Ladle hot soup into bowl, and add a spoonful of pistou to the centre.