Soup, generally used as an appetizer in Indian cuisines comes in variety of flavors based on ingredients. There are soups with ingredients such a lentil, tomato, beans, chicken and so on. The Chinese noodle soups are a entree rather than an appetizer. The two main kind of soups are clear and thick soups. This thick soup is prepared using sweet potato and carrot as main ingredients. It has beautiful red-orange color of carrot & beetroot, naturally sweetened by sweet potato and has hint of spices. This healthy and delicious soup is easy to prepare and best served with garlic bread and croutons. This is a favorite in my family and I keep getting demands for making this very often. 
- 1 Sweet potato peeled and chopped
- 4 medium Carrots
- 4 tbsp Beetroot chopped or grated
- 1/2 cup Onion chopped
- 1/2'' Ginger chopped
- 2 Bay leaves
- 2 tsp Whole pepper corns
- 1/2'' Cinnamon Stick
- 1/8 tsp Fresh grated nutmeg powder
- 1 tsp Dried thyme
- 1/4 cup Fresh Basil leave chopped
- 1/2 lemon juice
- 2 cloves Garlic fine chopped
- 2 tbsp Oil
- Some croutons
- Clean and peel carrots, sweet potato, beetroot and onion. Chop each of them to about an inch size.
- In a pressure cooker, add chopped sweet potato, carrot, onion, ginger, beetroot, bay leaves, cinnamon stick, whole pepper corns and fresh basil leaves along with 5 cups of water. Cook at medium to high heat for about 3-4 whistles. Once done, turn off the heat and let it cool down completely.
- Take out the cooked gravy and grind to make a puree consistency in a grinder. Strain it using a big strainer.
- Keep strained soup aside.
- Heat oil at medium heat in a deep pan. Add fine chopped garlic and saute it for few sec or until garlic gets slightly golden in color. Pour strained soup in pot and add thyme, some fresh chopped basil leaves, grated nut meg, salt to taste, pepper powder and lemon juice in to it. Stir continuously till it starts boiling. Adjust the soup consistency by adding water as per your taste. Turn off the heat.
- Healthy and delicious sweet potato and carrot soup is ready.
- Serve it hot with croutons.
- Enjoy hot soup in cold weather.
