Vegan cabbage soup
This simple vegan cabbage soup is warm, comforting, and packed with fresh vegetables. The combination of tender cabbage, sweet carrots, tomatoes, spinach, and herbs makes a flavorful bowl that feels light yet satisfying.
Servings 6
Calories 66kcal
Equipment
- 1 Large cooking pot
- ladle
- Knife and chopping board
Ingredients
- 3 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 1 cup finely chopped spinach fresh/ frozen
- 1 medium-sized tomato finely chopped
- 1 medium-sized onion finely chopped
- 1 stalk celery finely chopped
- 2-3 garlic cloves minced
- Juice of ½ a medium-sized lime adjust to taste
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon chili flakes adjust to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
- 6-7 cups vegetable stock/ water
- ½ tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro for garnishing optional
Instructions
- Heat oil in a cooking pot. Add chopped onion and minced garlic. Sauté until the onion starts turning brown.
- Add chopped carrots and celery. Saute for 3-4 minutes.
- Add chopped tomato, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and dried thyme. Mix and cook until the tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
- Next, add tomato paste and saute for a minute.
- Add cabbage and saute for another minute.
- Add vegetable stock and stir. Cover the pot. Let the soup simmer on low heat for around 15 minutes.
- Add spinach and cook for 5-6 minutes or until the spinach gets wilted. Turn off the heat.
- Finally, add lime juice and chopped cilantro. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Instead of shredding, you can also chop the cabbage.
- Don't overcook the cabbage otherwise, it will lose its taste and texture
- You can also add more ingredients like mushroom, tofu, or bok choy.
- Feel free to add more vegetables and seasoning of your choice.
- To add heat to this vegan cabbage soup, add finely chopped chili peppers or hot sauce.
- The combination of fresh dill and cabbage tastes very good. So, if you have dill add it to season this soup.
- Vegetarians may serve this cabbage soup with a dollop of sour cream on top.
- More recipe tips, tricks, and variation suggestions are shared in the post above. Please follow them to make this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 66kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1033mg | Potassium: 376mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 7528IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 1mg