Nettle soup

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to cook nettle soup? Prepare the products. Pour vegetable oil on the bottom of the pot in which the soup will be cooked. The oil can be any, the main thing is that it does not have a strong aroma. You can use melted butter, then the taste of the finished soup will have a slight creamy note. In the heated oil, put the carrots, peeled and grated on a coarse grater. Fry the chopped carrots until soft, stirring them occasionally with a spatula.

2. Step 2:

   

   Take a young nettle for soup, or use only the tops of older nettles. Such greens are more delicate in structure and taste. The stems are often too hard and rigid. Pour boiling water over the nettle greens, then finely chop it.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash the potatoes, peel and cut into small pieces of the same size. Put it in a saucepan with carrots, fry the vegetables all together a little. You can add some spices to taste, for example, ground black pepper, turmeric, curry, ground paprika. Fry the spices together with the vegetables.

5. Step 4:

   

   Pour boiling water over the vegetables, add the required amount of rice, add salt. You can add a small amount of bay pepper and allspice. Bring the contents of the pan to a boil and cook for about 20 minutes. Navigate by your plate.

6. Step 5:

   

   At the end of cooking, add the chopped nettle, boil for a few more minutes and remove the nettle soup from the heat. If desired, add chopped fresh herbs to the finished soup. Ready nettle soup is served hot. When serving, the soup can be supplemented with fresh sour cream or mayonnaise.