Pasta Soup

Recipe Type:	Veg.
Calories Per Serving:	230
Difficulty:	Easy

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Garbanzo beans (Chickpeas)
• 1/2 cup Pasta
• 2 cups Vegetable stock
• 1/2 Onion (chopped)
• 1 piece Garlic (finely chopped)
• 1/2 Carrot (scraped and chopped)
• 3 sprigs Parsley Leaves (chopped)
• 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
• 3 tsp Tomato Sauce
• Salt and Pepper as per taste

Cooking Instructions:

• Soak the Garbanzo beans in enough water taken in a bowl for overnight.
• Cook it in the morning. Keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, add onion and garlic. Fry till onion turns tender.
• Now add vegetable stock, carrot, parsley leaves and pasta into it.
• Bring soup to a boil, cover, and reduce the flame.
• Simmer for 5 to 6 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked.
• Add tomato sauce and cooked garbanzo beans.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Simmer about 4 to 5 minutes or until flavors are blended.
• Serve hot.