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Home » SOUPS » Minestrone soup recipe (Vegetarian Minestrone soup with pasta)

Minestrone soup recipe (Vegetarian Minestrone soup with pasta)

August 7, 2013 by Raks Anand 25 Comments /

Minestrone soup

As I have said before, I am not big fan of soups, but I dont hate it. Minestrone soup recipe is always the one I wanted to try for long time, I have seen this in the menu of Pasta mania, but was not comfortable having it there as I was worried if its pure vegetarian or not. Otherwise, I love pasta, and sure it would be nice to have pasta in soups. We can add it to our usual tomato soup as well. It will be nice, but when I saw this authentic minestrone soup recipe in an Italian cook book, I really wanted to try that way. So tried it according to the ingredients availability and my taste. Minestrone soup is supposed to be made with lots of vegetables along with pasta or rice. And its supposed to be an one pot meal that fills your tummy.

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Minestrone soup recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Continental  |  Recipe Category: Dinner
Prep Time: 10 mins    |  Cook time: 30 mins    |  Serves: 3 

Ingredients

Carrot – 1


Potato – 1


Beans – 6


Celery – 2 stalks


Onion – 1


Tomato – 2


Black eyed peas – 1/4 cup


Pasta – 1/8 cup


Garlic – 2


Vegetable stock – 3 cups


Salt – As needed


Water – As needed


Olive oil – 2 tblsp


Butter – 2 tblsp


Parmesan grated – 2 tblsp


Method

  1. Finely chop garlic, onion and chop other veggies to small cubes. If you are using tinned bean, then drain and use in the recipe. If using dried bean, soak overnight, cook until soft. I pressure cooked for 3 whistles with a pinch of salt. In a large sauce pan (I used my cooker), heat butter and oil together.
  2. 1-minestrone

  3. Add garlic, onion frying each for a minute in medium flame. Add all the vegetables one by one and frying each for a minute, without changing the colour. Add celery and lastly the bean.
  4. 2-minestrone

  5. Add cooked bean and mix well. Add vegetable stock, bring to boil and simmer the flame to cook the vegetables.
  6. 3-minestrone

  7. Once the veggies are cooked (just right, do not over cook) add salt and pasta. Cook until pasta is done and top with water (add water) every now and then if needed or to get desired consistency of the soup. Season generously with pepper.
  8. 4-minestrone

Notes

    • Use tiny pasta varieties like Alphabet, Rosoni, Orzo etc. if not you can use macaroni.
    • I used black eyed beans, you can use white or red kidney beans, chickpeas, double beans  as per availability.
    • My carrot, potato, tomato were small in size, so use accordingly.
    • The consistency of the soup is purely your choice, so add water while making the soup accordingly.
    • Do not add pasta more than mentioned, otherwise soup may thicken too much.
    • Instead of pasta, you can use rice also. Also any shape of pasta can be used, I used alphabet pasta. So I have mentioned as 3 tblsp. If bigger shaped pasta, use more.
    • Don’t forget Parmesan cheese. 

         Serve at room temperature with olive oil and Parmesan for seasoning. Can be served chilled as well. Wholesome!
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Comments

  1. Kalpana Sareesh

    August 7, 2013 at 10:40 am

    Beautiful preperation.. love the tiny miny pastas.. kids wld sure love it ..

    Reply
  2. Aps prabhu

    August 7, 2013 at 10:43 am

    Lovely clcks
    and i liked those letter pastas 🙂

    Reply
  3. Nithya

    August 7, 2013 at 10:48 am

    Lovely clicks 🙂 looks appetizing..
    And great idea to use alphabets pasta..wud b a sure winner among kids..

    Reply
  4. Akila

    August 7, 2013 at 10:58 am

    Yummy soup

    Reply
  5. Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj

    August 7, 2013 at 11:58 am

    wow fantastic and appetizing soup… n love the alphabets pasta in the soup..

    Reply
  6. AparnaRajeshkumar

    August 7, 2013 at 11:59 am

    like the alphabets pasta ! looks inviting ! soup one pot meala? 🙁 romba kastam !

    Reply
  7. ShravsCookBookBlog

    August 7, 2013 at 3:08 pm

    alphabet soup never seen before 🙂 healthy veggies and cooked beans nutritious enough…

    Reply
  8. Veena Theagarajan

    August 7, 2013 at 3:29 pm

    nice clicks.. My life saver when I travel non Asian country.. Looks yum! it is full meal by itself

    Reply
  9. Sowmya D.S.L

    August 7, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    wow nice clicks raks.. I was looking for this recipe for a long time.. thanks for sharing..

    Reply
  10. Gayathri Ramanan

    August 7, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    Healthy soup….never tasted before..will try it for sure…

    Reply
  11. Shweet Spicess

    August 7, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    Lovely Preparation 😀

    Reply
  12. Sangeetha M

    August 7, 2013 at 9:05 pm

    love Minestrone soup from Olive Garden, so flavorful n filling soup, like the addition of alphabets pasta 🙂 lovely clicks as always!

    Reply
  13. Priya Suresh

    August 7, 2013 at 10:40 pm

    Definitely my kind of soup, filling and extremely delicious..

    Reply
  14. divya

    August 8, 2013 at 12:17 am

    Tempting and flavorful,clicks are beautiful.

    Reply
  15. Kaveri Venkatesh

    August 8, 2013 at 9:24 am

    Seeing alphabet pasta for the first time..they are so cute…the soup looks filling and wholesome..perfect a rainy day.

    Reply
  16. M D

    August 8, 2013 at 5:13 pm

    My God. This seems a lot of effort but is not! I would have managed a meal out of this. Lovely clicks.

    Reply
  17. Janani

    August 8, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    I am so ignorant abt soup that I haven't heard abt this soup looks really good. I am sure it is one pot meal looks def heavy but worth it.Very nice raks ur always good at cooking.

    Reply
  18. JEYASHRI SURESH

    August 9, 2013 at 12:08 pm

    Super filling and yummy soup. Loved the presentation

    Reply
  19. Chitz

    August 11, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    Yummy one.. Something new to me 🙂 Lovely pics 🙂

    Reply
  20. SHARMILEE J

    August 13, 2013 at 11:30 am

    Super comforting soup…looks very nice!

    Reply
  21. Rupa

    August 19, 2013 at 8:18 am

    I wanted to make this from so long, your recipe will come handy. Where can I get abc pasta in singapore?

    Reply
  22. Priyanka DK

    December 9, 2013 at 8:18 pm

    Looks so warming! Perfect for the upcoming winter! 🙂

    Reply
  23. nikisha sawant

    February 4, 2015 at 6:36 am

    Yummy…….. fantastic recipe. I always wanted to try this soup but cldnt get a good and easy recipe. Finally u made my day and the soup i tried turned out to be very yummmyy

    Reply
  24. Unknown

    July 14, 2017 at 8:03 am

    can u please tell the measurements for pasta and the beans

    Reply
  25. Raks anand

    July 14, 2017 at 8:10 am

    Pasta (tiny variety) 1/8 cup, Bean – 1/4 cup (before cooking)

    Reply

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