Soupe au Pistou – Sonal's Jain Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup white beans (dried)
• 1 bay leaf (tej patta)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 stalks of celery (chopped)
• 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
• 1/2 cup pumpkin (diced)
• 1/2 cup green zucchini (diced)
• 1/2 cup yellow zucchini (diced)
• 1/2 cup french beans (cut crosswise into quarters)
• 1/2 cup green peas (blanched)
• 1/2 cup tomato finely (chopped)
• 1/2 cup boiled pasta (any small / macaroni)
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• 1 cup fresh basil leaves
• 1/2 tomato (peeled, deseeded, and diced)
• 2 tbsp paneer (crumbled)
• pinch of salt