{"id":5690,"date":"2017-08-03T04:26:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T04:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/?p=5690"},"modified":"2017-11-22T06:54:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T06:54:48","slug":"cauliflower-pear-and-oregano-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/03\/cauliflower-pear-and-oregano-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Cauliflower, Pear and Oregano Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A mind-boggling\u00a0soup prepared with the goodness of cauliflower , pear and fresh oregano, flavored with ginger, garlic ,powdered cinnamon and cumin, sprinkled with lemon juice and garnished with oregano\u00a0and drizzled with olive oil.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients and Quantity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olive oil-15 ml<\/p>\n<p>Yellow onion, sliced-01 large<\/p>\n<p>Ginger paste- 1\/4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0tsp.<\/p>\n<p>Garlic paste- \u00bd tsp.<\/p>\n<p>Ground cinnamon-\u00bc\u00a0<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0tsp.<\/p>\n<p>Ground cumin- \u00bc\u00a0<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0tsp.<\/p>\n<p>Cauliflower florets &amp; stem, peeled and roughly chopped- 01 cup<\/p>\n<p>Pears- 02 nos (small)<\/p>\n<p>Oregano, fresh- \u00bc th bunch<\/p>\n<p>Vegetable stock- 3 \u00bd cups<\/p>\n<p>Pistachio nuts, lightly toasted &amp; roughly chopped- 02 tsp<\/p>\n<p>Lemon- \u00bd no<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the seasoning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Salt \u2013to taste<\/p>\n<p>White pepper powder- \u00bc th tsp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the garnish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oregano fresh-\u00a0a few sprigs<\/p>\n<p><strong>For drizzling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Extra Virgin Olive Oil- 01 tsp<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a non-stick pan add olive oil, heat the oil and add onion, ginger and garlic paste. Saut\u00e9 for 02 minutes. Add cinnamon and cumin powders. Cook for 02 minutes. Add the cauliflower. Cook till it is tender. Add the peeled and cubed Pears\u00a0and oregano. Add the vegetable stock.<\/p>\n<p>Cook for 15 mins. You may add more vegetable stock if required. Switch off the flame and set aside to cool. Blend into a very smooth puree.<\/p>\n<p>Add salt and white pepper.<\/p>\n<p>Simmer for another five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Just before service add lemon juice.<\/p>\n<p>Serve hot \/ warm garnished with fresh oregano\u00a0,drizzled with olive oil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chef tip:<\/strong>\u00a0You may add curry powder to the soup if desired and temper it with curry leaves and mustard seeds to further enhance its flavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A mind-boggling\u00a0soup prepared with the goodness of cauliflower ,<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soups"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2.jpg?fit=3456%2C5184&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9arbY-1tM","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5690"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5692,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5690\/revisions\/5692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}