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CORN CHOWDER

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  Ingredients: ·          Sweet corn – 150grms (blended roughly) ·          Onion chop – 50grms ·          Olive oil/vegetable oil – 20ml ·          Garlic – 4 cloves (fine chopped) ·          Bell pepper diced – 25grms (optional) ·          Potatoes diced – 25grms (optional) ·          Milk – 200ml ·          Vegetable stock/Water – 800ml ·          Bacon – 50grms (optional)   ·          Gouda cheese – 50grms (optional) ·          Salt – to taste ·          Black pepper powder – 1tbs ·          Roux: https://chefzvenkat.blogspot.com/2020/10/roux.html   Procedure: ·          Take a sauce pot and place it on stove (medium flame), Add Oil, Garlic chop, Bacon dices (optional), Onion chop, Bell pepper dice (optional), Potatoes dice (optional) and blended corn; sauté it well for 10mins. ·          Add Roux (thickening agent) to it and mix well. https://chefzvenkat.blogspot.com/2020/10/roux.html ·          Add Luke warm milk along with vegetable stock/wa

ROUX

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  Ingredients: ·          All-purpose flour – 200grms ·          Butter – 200grms Procedure: ·          Take a fry pan, put it on a low flame; Add butter and all-purpose flour. ·          Stir the mixture continuously until it turns into blond color. (Caution: Don’t stop stirring it may get burnt) ·          Remove the mixture into a bowl and let it cool. ·          Roux is ready to use in any types of soups, gravies etc..., Caution: ·          Ingredients should be 1:1 ratio. ·          Either any one Roux or Soup/gravy should be hot. (Cold:Hot ; Roux:Soup/Gravy)

SPINACH SOUP

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  Ingredients: ·          Spinach – 150grms ·          Onion – 50grms ·          Garlic – 4cloves ·          Butter – 50grms ·          All-purpose flour – 50grms ·          Milk – 200ml ·          Vegetable stock/ Water – 800ml ·          Salt – To taste ·          Black pepper – 1tbs Procedure: ·          Boil Spinach, garlic and onion for 10min and blend into fine paste. ·          Place a sauce pot on stove (low flame), Add butter and all-purpose flour and mix until it turns into blond color (roux).  https://chefzvenkat.blogspot.com/2020/10/roux.html ·          Add milk and let it simmer. ·          Add blended spinach paste into it along with stock/water; let it boil. ·          Add seasonings salt and black pepper powder. ·          Simmer till it forms into thick consistency (soup consistency). ·          Serve it hot along with bread crumbs, Garnish with fresh cream .