Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 500 grams raw beetroot, peeled
- 1 small red pepper/capsicum
- 100 grams mushrooms
- 1 green apple, chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 litres water
- ½ teaspoon thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
- Chop into small pieces onion, beetroot, pepper, mushrooms and apple and place in pan with oil, and little water.
- Cover and cook on a low flame for 15 minutes. Shake the pan now and then.
- Add thyme, pepper and salt along with the balance of the water and bring to a quick boil on a high flame.
- Cover pan and simmer on a low flame for 30 minutes.
- Strain and keep aside.
- Blend the solids in a mixer till smooth. Add this puree to the liquid kept aside and reheat.
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Add salt and pepper again if required.
Serve with soup sticks or croutons.