January 2012 : Get together

Shaheli's who attended :
 Amravati , Ashwini , Bakul , Hema , Himani , Lekha , Nisha, Supraja, Soumya R, Shefali , Trupti

Venue : Nisha's House

Date   : Januray 10th 2012
Agenda :  Learn a new healthy recipe 

Shaheli's started the new year with a new agenda to learn from each other. And all we took the first step in that direction by learning a  healthy and tasty soup recipe , which was perfect for the winter season. Supraja graciously accepted to share her very popular cream of broccoli soup with the group. She also showed us the step by step procedure and we all got to enjoy the soup .Thank You Supraja for a wonderful recipe.

Cream Of Broccoli Soup


Broccoli - 2 heads , florets separated and washed
Onion - 1/2 of big one , chopped
Green Chili - 1, slit
Ginger - 1 inch , sliced into half
Wheat Flour - 1 tbsp
Milk - 1 1/2 cup
Water - 1 cup
Black pepper - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Butter - 1/2 tbsp

1. Melt the butter in a deep a sauce pan and add onion.
2. Mix well and let onion turns translucent and add broccoli .
3. Saute for few minutes and add the wheat flour.
4. Mix well and cook for another few minutes.
5. Add 1 cup of milk , chili and ginger .
6. Cook till the broccoli turns just fork tender.
7. Allow the mixture to  cool enough to handle .
8. Fish out chili and ginger pieces and then  puree.
9. Add the rest of milk and water to the puree .
10. Simmer the puree for another 2- 3 minutes   .
11. Add salt and pepper mix well and your soup is ready to serve.

Bakul who is hosting the next meeting will be teaching us yoga and pranayama. Ashwini will be sharing with us some information about the yoga and its effect on human psychology. Soumya is also interested in yoga and is willing to do some group sessions for interested shahelis.Many of us are interested in food and nutrition related topics so we all agreed to share any interesting read online or printed with each other .


Thank you all shahelis for coming and i thoroughly enjoyed having you all over at my place and specially hosting the cooking lessons.