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    Published: Jan 11, 2017 · Modified: Feb 22, 2019 by Usha Rao

    Berbere Spiced Vegetable Soup and Cheese Sandwich

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    Berbere spiced vegetable soup is a spicy, hearty soup for cold winter nights. Soup has medley of vegetables, chickpeas and is seasoned with berbere spice.

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    The second dinner idea for this week is berbere spiced vegetable soup with a spicy cheese sandwich. I had some leftover berbere spice after making this stew and used it to spice the soup.

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    I was out of bouillon and didn't have any homemade stock at home. I felt using water instead of stock might not be very flavorful. To enhance the flavor, used this Ethiopian spice. If one doesn’t have berbere, I would recommend using stock or bouillon cube to enhance the flavor of the soup.

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    I served it with a spicy cheese sandwich. It was a filling meal. I first made the soup over the weekend for my dinner and this is the iPhone picture of the soup. I added some shrimp for protein and didn't use potato & tomato. For the sake of the pictures, I made it again couple of days ago.

    Total Time: 25 - 30 minutes
    Preparation: 10 minutes
    Cooking Time: 15 - 20 minutes
    Serves: 1

    Ingredients:

    • 1 - 2 tsp. Oil
    • ½ small Red Onion Sliced, about ¼ cup
    • ½ - ¾ tsp. Ginger Garlic Paste
    • 2 small Green Chilies, chopped (adjust to heat tolerance level)
    • 1 small Potato, cut in half and sliced, about ¼ cup after slicing
    • ¼ cup sliced Carrots
    • ¼ cup sliced Red Radish (3 small red radish)
    • ¾ tsp. Berbere Spice (adjust to taste)
    • Salt to Taste
    • ½ small Tomato, chopped
    • ½ - ¾ cup Stock (I used water)
    • ¼ - ½ cup cooked Chickpeas (I used ½ cup and felt it was a bit too much)
    • Handful of Kale, chopped (about 1 cup moderately packed chopped kale)

    Preparation:

    • Heat oil in a pan. Add onions and saute until soft.
    • Add ginger garlic paste, chilies, potatoes, saute until raw smell of the ginger is gone.
    • Cover and cook on medium low flame until potatoes are semi cooked. Sprinkle some water if the pan burns.
    • Increase the flame, add carrots, radish, tomato and saute for a minute.
    • Add water, salt, berbere spice, stir, cover and bring the soup to boil and cook for couple of minutes.
    • Add chickpeas, kale, cover and continue cooking until kale is cooked. This will take about 4-6 minutes, at least.
    • Adjust seasoning and serve hot.

    Note:

    • If you do not have berbere spice, use stock and season with black pepper powder.
    • Use vegetables of your choice. I usually use a combination of these vegetables; beans, carrots, celery, radish, cauliflower and spinach instead of kale. If using spinach, add just two minutes before turning off the stove because spinach cooks very fast. I like mushrooms but for some reason, didn't find it flavorful in this soup.
    • Cooked cannellini beans, sprouted moong or any cooked beans are a good substitutes for chickpeas.

    Spicy Cheese Sandwich
    Ingredients:

    • 2 Slices of Bread
    • 1 - 1 ½ tsp. Chutney (I used tomato green bell pepper chutney. I replaced red peppers with green peppers in this recipe and added some peanuts as well.)
    • 1 slice Cheese

    Preparation:

    • Spread chutney on one side of each slice of bread.
    • Sandwich the cheese slice between two slices with chutney side between the cheese and toast the sandwich in a frying pan, on both sides.
    • Serve warm.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Priya Srinivasan says

      February 08, 2017 at 1:54 pm

      Perfect meal usha!! Soup looks very filling with all the veggies and chickpeas!!

      Reply
    2. @chefmireille says

      January 21, 2017 at 5:33 pm

      this soup and sandwich makes the perfect Vegetarian meal

      Reply
    3. Pavani says

      January 18, 2017 at 5:18 pm

      That is one hearty and chunky looking soup. Love the addition of berbere spice in there.

      Reply
    4. Jayashree says

      January 18, 2017 at 12:47 am

      Absolutely beautiful clicks. The soup sounds filling and wholesome.

      Reply
    5. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      January 17, 2017 at 5:33 pm

      You have done a great job with all the white props. Looks gorgeous and the soup with berbere spice must have been delicious.

      Reply
    6. Veena Krishnakumar says

      January 16, 2017 at 10:20 am

      Amazing clicks!!!The soup looks so inviting!!

      Reply
    7. cookingwithsapana says

      January 16, 2017 at 8:11 am

      The soup looks too tempting and with cheese sandwich it must have tasted amazing.

      Reply
    8. Harini-Jaya R says

      January 15, 2017 at 9:41 pm

      Perfect dinner for me 🙂

      Reply
    9. Priya Suresh says

      January 14, 2017 at 11:31 am

      Omg, feel like inviting myself to ur place, that bowl of soup is just prefect for me to finish my dinner.

      Reply
    10. Smruti@HerbivoreCucina says

      January 13, 2017 at 1:20 pm

      Such a perfect soup for this cold weather. Amazing combination with grilled cheese.

      Reply
    11. Srivalli Jetti says

      January 12, 2017 at 6:31 am

      Such classic setup and clicks usha..very filling meal for sure!

      Reply
    12. Gayathri Kumar says

      January 11, 2017 at 11:41 pm

      The soup and the sandwich look so inviting. Amazing clicks..

      Reply
    13. Vaishali Sabnani says

      January 11, 2017 at 9:21 pm

      First the clicks..I love that white on white stuff.Looks beautiful.
      next that bowl, it looks so wholesome that it would make any meal just perfect.

      Reply

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