Barley water soup
A simple vegetable soup recipe made with barley water as the broth.
Equipment
- saucepan
Ingredients
For barley water
- 1/2 cup barley pearl barley
- 3 cups drinking water
for making the soup
- 1/2 tsp coconut oil
- 2-3 cloves garlic crushed or chopped
- 2 inches leeks sliced thin ( if not use a bit of onion)
- 1/2 small carrots chopped small
- 1 handful Spinach palak, bok choy or any others that you may have .
- salt to taste
- crushed black pepper
Instructions
- Wash and boil the barley with an excess of water.
- Once the barley is cooked drain the barley grain and save the water.
- Into the saucepan, add the coconut oil and crushed garlic.
- Set this on low heat and saute till it is aromatic.
- Now add the chopped vegetables and saute well.
- When the vegetables soften, add the barley water and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- The soup is now ready to have.
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