Spicy vegetable soup with green tomatoes
Ingredients
Servings 6- 100 g of carrots
- 50 g green salted (barrel) tomatoes
- 100 g onion
- 50 g petiole celery
- 100 g bell pepper
- 400 g potatoes
- 200 g white cabbage
- 250 g tomatoes in their own juice
- 150 g canned red beans
- 10 g red hot pepper
- 100 g pearl barley
- 25 g dry mushroom or vegetable broth
- salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- 2 bay leaves
- 5 black peppercorns
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 art. l. vegetable oil
- 3 liters of water
- 1/2 small baguette
- greens to taste
Cooking
Step 1
Peel, wash and cut all vegetables into large cubes.
Step 2
Finely chop some carrots, onion, celery and bell pepper and fry in vegetable oil until half cooked. Then add the tomatoes and fry for another 2-3 minutes.
Step 3
Rinse pearl barley and boil until tender.
Step 4
Pour water into a large soup pot and bring to a boil. Transfer the fried vegetables to the pan, add the dry broth, potatoes and cabbage. Boil 10 minutes.
Step 5
Add tomatoes in their own juice, boiled pearl barley, beans, chili peppers and all spices to the soup. Boil for 10 more minutes.
Step 6
When the soup is almost ready, dry the baguette in the oven or heat it in a pan. Before serving, place the salted barrel green tomatoes on a plate and pour over the soup. Garnish with finely chopped herbs. Serve the soup with a crispy baguette.