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Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice

Don’t let the amount of ingredients this recipe calls for to scare you: it is not as hard to cook as it may seem (just many pictures).

In fact it is pretty easy, especially if you are keen on peeling and slicing. And cooking takes just about 30 mins.

If you are looking for lighter version calorie-wise, reduce amount of flour (or skip it all together).

Reducing amount of sour cream will help too, but I wouldn’t skip on it entirely, it adds a lot to the taste.

Ingredients:

  • 0.75lb of cauliflower
  • 0.5 cups rice
  • 2-3 potatoes
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 small onion
  • Small piece of celery root
  • Parsley root piece
  • 1-1.5 cups of peas, fresh or frozen
  • 1-2 bay leaves
  • 6-7 black peppercorns
  • 2 tablespoons of flour
  • 1 tablespoons of butter
  • 3-4 tablespoons of sour cream
  • Small bunch of dill
  • Small bunch of parsley
  • Water

How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 1
  2. Clean onion, carrot, parsley root and celery root, and slice them up:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 2
  3. Warm skillet up with butter and fry one half of the chopped onion (keep the other half for later) over medium low heat until soft and lightly colored, stir from time to time:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 3
  4. When onions are ready, add flour:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 4
  5. Fry it, continuously stirring, over low heat:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 5
  6. Then mix sour cream:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 6
  7. And about cup of water:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 7
  8. Continue stirring and cook together until mixture thickens into roux, then remove skillet from the burner:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 8
  9. Bring a big pot with water (2.5-3 quarts) to boil:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 9
  10. Then add sliced carrots, parsley and celery root and remaining onions:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 10
  11. Cook over slow simmer (adjust heat if needed), meanwhile peel potatoes, dice them; after about 15 mins of cooking roots add potatoes to the pot:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 11
  12. Add bay leaves and back peppercorns:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 12
  13. Cook for about 5 mins, then add rice:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 13
  14. Salt to taste and continue cooking:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 14
  15. Meanwhile separate cauliflower into florets, slice bigger ones into smaller pieces, when potatoes are almost ready (start getting soft when pierced with a knife), add cauliflower to the pot:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 15
  16. Then pour roux in:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 16
  17. Cook everything until cauliflower gets to desired softness (I personally like it a little bit crunchy), then add peas:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 17
  18. Cook everything together, add more salt if needed:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 18
  19. Add chopped greens (parsley and dill):
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 19
  20. Cook for 1-2 mins:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice: Step 20
  21. Then serve:
    Vegetable Soup with Cauliflower and Rice
Enjoy!