Kasha soup
Yield: 5 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 (3") piece kombu
- 4 c Water
- 1 c Diced onions
- 1/2 c Diced carrots
- 1/2 c Shredded green cabbage
- 1/2 c Diced potatoes
- 1/2 c Sliced mushrooms
- 1 tb Plain sesame oil
- 2 ts Garlic powder
- 1 ts Dried basil
- 1/2 c Kasha
- 1/2 c Frozen lima beans
- 1/2 c Sauerkraut; pressed dry
- 1 1/2 ts Miso
Instructions:
Place kombu in water for 10 minutes to reconstitute it. Remove kombu chop and set aside reserving water. Saute onions carrots cabbage potatoes and mushrooms in oil in a large stockpot until slightly softened about 5 minutes. Add garlic powder basil kombu reserved water kasha lima beans and sauerkraut and bring to a simmer. Remove 1/4 cup broth to a small bowl dissolve miso in it and return mixture to stockpot. Simmer until beans and kasha are cooked about 8 minutes. Serve hot. Per serving: 168 cal 6 g prot 254 mg sod 31 g carb 4 g fat 0 mg chol 37 mg calcium HINT: for more intense flavor increase miso to 2-1/4 teaspoons. Source: Chef Ron Pickarski in Vegetarian Gourmet (Winter 1993) Typed for you by Karen Mintzias



