Creamy Mushroom Soup

Creamy Mushroom Soup

Creamy mushroom soup - never guessed it would be this easy to make it at home. Few ingredients.. quick recipe.. quite filling dish.

Just pick fresh clean mushrooms and make sure you have fresh cream and thyme at home. The thyme does the magic. That's all..
you can make and enjoy unlimited awesome-creamy-mushroom soup at home itself. Even if you do not have cream at home, you can just use milk to make the soup. But this soup is little thin still tastes as good as creamy-soup. 

Ingredients:

• button mushrooms - 400 gm
• garlic cloves - 6
• onion - small onion
• black pepper powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• fresh cream - 1/2 cup
• milk - 1 cup
• water - 1.5 to 2 cups
• salt - to taste
• dry thyme (or fresh thyme if available) - 1/2 teaspoon
• butter or oil - 1/2 tablespoon

Procedure:

• clean and wash the mushrooms and pat dry.
• cut them to thin slices and keep ready.
• finely chop the garlic and onion.
• heat butter in a pan and add the chopped garlic and onion. (Take care you do not brown the garlic)
• saute for couple of minutes and add the sliced mushrooms.
• add salt, stir and cover it for 7-10 minutes.
• you will see the mushrooms has released water and cooked.
• add the dry thyme and pepper powder and stir.
• add the milk and 1 cup water and let it boil for 2 minutes.
• turn off the heat and let it come to room temperature.
• once cooled take 1/4th of the mushroom and keep it aside.
• blend the rest of mushrooms.
• transfer this to the pan again and add rest of water and let it boil again.
• add the previously saved 1/4 part of mushroom.
• add fresh cream and give a final stir.
• the awesome flavourful creamy mushroom soup is ready.
• serve hot.

Tips:

You can adjust the quantity of milk, fresh cream and water as how rich and thick you want your soup to be. 

we generally have it for breakfast and sometimes instead of evening snack.

Happy cooking !!