Clear Vegetable & Paneer Soup
Serves
1
Calories
139 kcal
Preparation
10 min
Cooking
15 min
Total
25 min
Meal
Dinner
Difficulty
Easy
Protein
12.57 g
Carbs
11.97 g
Fat
5.49 g
Fibre
3.16 g
❤️ Health Benefits
- ✔ Provides quality protein: Low-fat paneer helps make the dinner more filling while keeping the meal light.
- ✔ Rich in vegetables: Broccoli, spinach, carrot, tomato and mushrooms provide a variety of vitamins, minerals and antioxidant compounds.
- ✔ Supports digestive health: The vegetables contribute dietary fibre without making the meal excessively heavy.
- ✔ Light evening meal: The soup provides hydration and nutrients without cream, refined flour or packaged soup mixes.
- ✔ Supports a balanced dinner: Combining protein with several non-starchy vegetables makes this more balanced than a vegetable-only soup.
🥕 Ingredients
Dairy
- Low Fat Paneer — 50 g
Mushrooms
- Button Mushroom — 1/2 Cup
vegetables
- Broccoli — 1/2 Cup
- Tomato — 1/3 Cup
- Spinach Leaves — 1 Cup
- Carrot — 2 Tbsp
- Garlic — 1 Clove
Beverages
- Water — 1.25 Cup
Spices
- Black Pepper — 1/8 Tsp
- Table Salt — 1 To Taste
👨🍳 Instructions
- Heat the water in a saucepan and add chopped garlic, tomato, carrot, broccoli and mushrooms.
- Simmer for 6–8 minutes, keeping the vegetables slightly firm.
- Add spinach and cook for another 1–2 minutes.
- Add the paneer cubes and simmer gently for 2 minutes.
- Season with freshly ground black pepper.
- Serve hot. Avoid overcooking the vegetables.
👩⚕️ Doctor's Tips
- 💡 “Keep dinner light but don\'t make it protein-free. The paneer in this soup adds protein, while the variety of vegetables provides fibre and micronutrients. Avoid cream, cornflour and packaged soup powders.”