Polish Health Soup - max Anti- Inflammatory

 

A friend was taught this recipe by a Polish person as being highly anti-inflammatory, and that makes sense.

I obviously left out the oil, as well as any added salt.

I have no quarrel with one tablespoon of better than bouillon for 5+ qts of soup.

I ended up using about 4 onions, 3 peppers, 5 Thai Chillies, 1lb of carrots,  and I ate 2 large bowls of soup. very filling, but I could see myself adding some barley next time. I had 4 quarts left over. A friend went large scale and made about 10 mason jars (same as Ball jars).

In all highly recommended.

Polish Health Soup

From Poland via Blossom from a live demonstration, with some tweaks.

Ingredients

2 tbsp Panchpuran

3-10 Onions

3-10 cloves of Garlic

3-10 Thai Chillies sliced thin

2-4 Bell Peppers cut up fine

1-3 lb Carrots, sliced thin

1 whole Celery, sliced thin

1 Cauliflower, cut up in cubes

1 dry cup red lentils.

I can Tomato Puree

5-10 Fresh Tomatoes chopped

1 tbsp Veggie Bouillon

2-3 Qts Veggie Broth

Pepper to taste

Turmeric

Cayenne

Directions

dry roast the panchpuran briefly

Caramelize the Onions, add peppers, garlic

add the veggies in layers, stir in between 1-9 mins

Add Broth as needed

Add the tomatoes

add the lentils

simmer 15 mins

add the tomato puree

The turmeric (fresh or powder) and Cayenne can be added on the plate to taste.
Note that black pepper potentiates turmeric

The fresh cayenne on top will clear your sinuses.

Notes

You can cook for a week by putting it into ball jars, let them cool upside down for a good seal and then refrigerate. In my one person household that is soup for a week.

The concept of cooking it in layers, and allowing the flavors to slowly blend is an essential part of this soup.