Pearl Barley Vegetable Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Barley (seeds) soaked for 5 to 6 hours
• 1 teaspoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 Onion finely chopped
• 2 cloves Garlic finely chopped
• 1 stalk Celery finely chopped
• 1 Carrot (Gajjar) diced small
• 1 Potato (Aloo) peeled and diced small
• 200 grams Button mushrooms quartered
• 1 Bay leaf (tej patta)
• 4 cups Vegetable stock
• Parsley leaves for garnishing
• 1 teaspoon Whole Black Peppercorns coarsely grounded
• Salt to taste
• Red Chilli powder to taste