Wintry Soup

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 mixer grinder, 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 cumin 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.