I bet you remember the time, when I introduced you to the Drumstick vegetable! No, you don’t remember?! Did you just join us here recently or maybe you missed the post? Well, then I suggest you check out some Drumstick facts and information by clicking on this link before you read any further here. I may suggest as well to subscribe (Its Free!) to the Masala Herb feed so that you get it into your inbox, in case you had missed the post back then, so that, that won’t happen again! =P
What have I come up with this time, you may wonder? Well,… I thought it was about time to share my Spiced Drumstick Potato Soup. It’s nutritious, healthy and nutritious again and it’s going to warm up your bones if you live in the Northern Hemisphere. We are experiencing the October heat in Goa, so I decided to cook, cool and indulge it like that. Works out as well!
Why am I cooking more with spices these days? Simple as it may seem, spices are good for our systems. I am not speaking of a huge load of red chillies and the resulting stomach problems, that many foreigners go through while visiting India, I am speaking of a balanced spiced diet, a way to incorporate a reasonable amount of different type of spices, such as Cinnamon, Turmeric, Coriander, Nutmeg and so on. Anyway I can’t eat food dishes that are too hot, that they make me want to cut out my tongue! Believe me I wouldn’t post these type of dishes, and my readers will know that and nod their head in approvement, right?
Do you know Paracelsuse’s quote “The dose makes the Poison“? This quote has been spooking in my mind since we learned about the brilliant physician and alchemist of the Renaissance in college time. What he meant was, that any substance in this world can be poison to us if used in extremes. In our case here, it is the high intake of hot spices. Alright, the Indians are used to it from birth and I have seen parents feeding babies the same spicy curry as they eat, so more or less their blood is spice itself. In this case it doesn’t apply that much to them, but obviously if they eat only kashmiri chillies, it might kill them as well with time. The same applies with other foods, as for example chocolate, cheese and even simple water or oxygen. The concentration of the dose is important in general in our life!
I follow the dosage rule in my cooking, a balanced intake of food is the key to a healthy being! Follow this rule and you will see your health improve.
I am not going to go any deeper into the Drumstick vegetable Nutrition explanation since I had explained the nutritious values here before. This vegetable is one of my favorite Indian Veggies, so naturally with time I came up with some other recipes and more are about to come in the future. To recreate the soup just follow the step by step instructions with the pictures and you will have your own Spiced Drumstick Potato Soup in a jiffy. In case something is unclear, I suggest to contact me either by leaving a comment here, by reaching out via mail/contact form (on top) or by any of the popular Social Networks, such as Twitter, Facebook or Google+.
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Your soup is such a gorgeous color–and I love that second photo with the herb ring!
You achieve that color by adding Turmeric Powder. It’s pretty simple and looks so nice, right?
Mmmmm this is so rich looking and delicious my friend
Cheers
CCU
thanks uru!
Hi Helene! I had some problems to connect to this post, so I’m happy that finally I can discover what a DRUMSTICK vegetable is. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this one before(I’m pretty new to your blog) but it sounds very intersting. I love to add spices to my soup: it is a great altenative to the usual bland western countries recipe.
Oh Rita I am sorry for that. Not sure if it was my page since nobody else reported any problems (luckily!).
I agree, spices give the soup a nice extra flavor, something else to discover while indulging it.
That’s so cool – I must have missed the original post even though I subscribe to you by RSS already. I’ve never heard of this before and just spent some time reading about it. What a fun thing… apparently you can eat the roots, leaves, seeds and pods!
Oh yeah? Maybe thats because that post was published in spring, so its quite some time back. Good I reminded you all about it. ^.^
I dont know about the roots, leaves etc. I just know you can eat that loooong veggie like a bean. I think so its a bean type by the way. I haven’t seen it growing either. You only ever get to see the end product in the markets here. Once I have cleaned up my garden, I ll get it as well to see how it grows. =P
Oh this brings back so many memories, my granny used to make this fairly often! I totally agree with you, everything’s got to be in moderation!
Cool, really! Lucky you. I wish I had grown up with the Drumsticks in our garden. =)
Oh – a different kind of drumstick. I thought you meant chicken drumsticks! I have trouble with your site. It doesn’t let me see the text unless I go on facebook and switch from my Hotly Spiced page to my personal page. I don’t know why it does that xx
haha no its a bit more veg this time.
I am going to look into the matter, thanks for letting me know charlie, very appreciated!
I must have missed that post as well. What a cool recipe, the flavors are those I would love for sure! It’s such a bright and cheery color as well:)
Good that I reminded you all at the end, I had a feeling some folks had missed it here.
I love this soup. I do it without potato
Do tell me how you make yours Veena! I am always eager to learn.
Have never heard of drumstick vegetable! A chicken drumstick yes – but not the vegetable! I read your original post and it looks like you have master the art of extracting the flesh.
So does it really taste like asparagus? This soup and all of its delicious spices sounds absolutely wonderful! Hope you’re having a great weekend!
yeah finally I figured out a way to take out the flesh in ease. They don’t bother to do that here the locals, they kind of have fun suckling on the woody part. ^.^ Everybody to their own, right! To me it tastes a bit like white asparagus, I am curious what others say. Thanks MJ! =D
I’ve never cooked with drumstick before, although I’m familiar with the vegetable. This soup looks fabulous! Love the combo of flavors. Lucky I know where I can purchase drumstick, so I can make this! Good stuff – thanks.
awesome, so you ll be one of the first who ll be able to report back! =P So many people don’t know the veggie at the end because its not a commercial veggie yet, however its quite common in Goa. Some friends of mine who have been living here since ever, used to always see the veggie in the market, yet didn’t know what to do with it and what it was called. I feel many people have that problem. Hope that soup recipe will help them to discover some new grounds!
As a child I used to love drumsticks. I lost some of the romance as I grew up. I will eat it now, but don’t relish it as much.
But I love this soup, and it looks beautiful.
Well, in my opinion it depends all on how you eat it. Do check out the cashew curry, as I know you, you will go nuts for that recipe!
I love my mom’s version of drumstick curry. Never had it as a soup before. Bet its just as delicious
Oh yeah the soup version is as tasty as the curry. =)
I do remember drumstick, and remember thinking they look fantastic! What a great flavor combo, your soup looks delicious:-) Hugs, Terra
Learned the lesson, right Terra!
thanks dear and hugs back. =D
I initially thought there is chicken drumstick hiding in the soup. =P This drumstick is a new ingredient to me, and this soup sounds delicious!