Recipe: Delicious Minestrone Soup - Italian Style

Minestrone Soup - Italian Style.

Now, you should cook Minestrone Soup - Italian Style using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Minestrone Soup - Italian Style

1. It's 1-2 of onions, diced.
2. Prepare 1 tsp. of garlic cloves, chopped.
3. Prepare 2 tbsp. of olive oil.
4. Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of french beans, diced.
6. It's 1 stalk of celery, diced.
7. It's 1/2 cup of kidney beans (rajma), boiled.
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of white chick peas (kabuli chana), boiled.
9. You need 1/2 cup of frozen peas.
10. You need 1/2 cup of assorted Bell peppers, diced.
11. You need 3 1/2 cups of stock (vegetable / chicken / mutton).
12. Prepare 3 of tomatoes.
13. Prepare 1 tbsp. of tomato paste.
14. Prepare 1/2 cup of pasta, boiled.
15. It's of few spinach leaves, chopped.
16. It's of few parsley, chopped.
17. You need to taste of salt and pepper.
18. You need 2 tsp. of dried herbs (sage, oregano, rosemary basil).
19. You need 1 tbsp. of cheese, grated.

Minestrone Soup - Italian Style instructions

1. Blanch the tomatoes in hot water for 5 minutes. Discard the skin and chop them. Heat oil in a deep pan and saute the bay leaves and garlic for a few seconds..
2. Add the onion and fry till translucent. Then add the french beans and celery and stir for a minute. Now add the stock and simmer on low flame till the veggies are soft..
3. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste and bell peppers and simmer for a minute or two. Then add the boiled kidney beans, chick peas. boiled pasta, spinach leaves, parsley, dried herbs, salt and pepper..
4. Simmer for 2 minutes. Ladle into soup bowls and serve, garnished with grated cheese..