Barley and vegetable soup

Name: Barley and vegetable soup | Asda Good Living
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 75ml light olive oil; 2 onions, finely chopped; 4 whole cardamom pods; 1 bay leaf; 1tsp black peppercorns; 1tsp turmeric; 250g pearl barley; 2 carrots, diced; 3 tomatoes, chopped; 1 courgette, diced; ½ swede, chopped; 1 head fennel, chopped; 50g Grower's Selection British Unwashed Sliced Curly Kale, washed, stalks removed; 25g flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Joudie Kalla's vegetable soup is packed with filling barley, making it the perfect dish to break the fast after sunset

By Asda Good Living,3rd May 2018

(12 votes)

Cook: 50 Mins

Serves: 10

Price: 54p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 292g serving contains

Energy
733kj
175kcal

Fat
6.1g

Med
9%

Saturates
0.9g

Low
5%

Sugars
4.7g

Low
5%

Salt
0.03g

Low
1%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
251kj/60kcal

Ingredients

75ml light olive oil

2 onions, finely chopped

4 whole cardamom pods

1 bay leaf

1tsp black peppercorns

1tsp turmeric

250g pearl barley

2 carrots, diced

3 tomatoes, chopped

1 courgette, diced

½ swede, chopped

1 head fennel, chopped

50g Grower's Selection British Unwashed Sliced Curly Kale, washed, stalks removed

25g flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Method

Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat. Cook the onions, cardamom and bay leaf for 10 mins, until the onions are slightly browned.

Add the peppercorns, turmeric and barley. Cover with 1.5L water and bring to a simmer. Cook for 15 mins.

Add all the chopped veg except the kale. Bring back to a simmer and cook for 12-15 mins, topping up with water if necessary.

Add the kale and cook for 6 mins. Remove the bay leaf and cardamom pods and stir through the parsley before serving.