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Helene Dsouza
Quick clear broth prepared with wholesome healing ingredients. This soup will make you feel better.
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Prep Time: 3 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 17 minutes minutes
2 servings
4.6 from 36 votes
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A delicious clear broth soup with healing spices and herbs to boost your well-being.
This recipe is quick and easy, ready within 20 minutes, effortless to prepare as it's also oil free (no sautéing).
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What is this healing broth soup?
This clear broth is the result of me getting sick on my travels and trying to get better in a jiffy AND the input from Paul, who grew up drinking a cup of spiced clear broth as a child in India.
It also includes the knowledge passed down by my Austrian grandmother, who would use a set of spices to beat a cold winter flu.
It's a combination of Asian and European know-how to help you get through a seasonal cold, flu, cough, upset stomach, or any general minor sickness.
It's also the only food that I can take in when I'm feeling under the weather.
Yet, over the years I just ended up making it at least once a week because it tastes great, stimulates digestion, boosts my well-being, my stomach, and gut health, and makes me simply feel better.
So this is also totally a daily soup because it's simply prepared in one pot. Besides, it's low-calorie and can help you on your weight loss journey.
Ingredients
The clear broth soup consists of a ready-made broth of your choice and a set of spices. This saves time and effort. The broth is infused with health-promoting spices.
Broth
You can use a pre-homemade broth as a base. I like to use my clear vegetable soup as a base.
Or you can also use regular clear liquid package broth or concentrated stock mixed with water or dry bouillon cubes/seasoning mixed in hot water. (I do the bouillon cube thingie occasionally)
Pick a base broth such as vegetable, chicken, bone, beef, veal, fish, seafood, lobster, mushroom, or lamb.
Choose one with less sodium if possible and less oil. I like a vegetable broth, Paul enjoys a chicken broth.
You can make this soup vegan by using a vegetable broth as a base and gluten-free by checking the broth labels.
Spices & Flavor givers
Over the years I came up with this perfect selection of spices. I combined European and Asian spice and herb knowledge to create this healing soup.
The combination makes it and you will feel better if you have a cold or it simply helps your overall health when you are not sick.
- Ginger — fresh. Helps digestion, boosts the immune system, reduces irritating cough.
- Garlic — fresh. Same as ginger, except for the cough. Also adds plenty of flavors.
- Turmeric — fresh if possible, or else dry is ok too. Boosts immunity, good for gut health, and will get you back on your feet when you are ill because of antibacterial properties.
- Salt — I like to use pink salt because it adds umami, but any salt will do.
- Black Pepper — freshly crushed if possible. Helps you decongest the nose and sneeze out all the mucus.
- Bay Leaf — as a whole, a typical soup spice. Adds flavor, it's soothing, helps your digestion, and beats the flu.
- Nutmeg — grated, also a common soup spice. It's a warm spice that is antibacterial and antiviral.
- Juniper Berry — dried whole berries. Uplifting moods, numbs body aches when you have the flu, and it's also antiviral.
- Sage — dried or fresh. Relieves sore throat and stomach pain.
- Lime Juice — or lemon juice. I like it better with lime when I add cilantro as garnish. Both are a great option. Freshly squeezed to brighten the flavors and add vitamin C.
How to make it?
Here is an overview on how this soup comes together.
The detailed US and metric measurements are located at the bottom of this post in the recipe card. The video is the pop-up.
Step 1
Prepare your fresh ingredients.
Peel the garlic clove and cut it roughly into chunks.
Cut fresh ginger, and if you are using fresh turmeric, into chunks without peeling.
Step 2
Heat up a soup pot with broth and water.
Season with all the spices.
Allow spices and herbs to infuse for about 20 minutes.
Step 3
Stir in lime/lemon juice
Strain clear soup and serve up hot.
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20 min Healing Broth Soup
Quick clear broth prepared with wholesome healing ingredients. This soup will make you feel better.
4.64 from 36 votes
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Course: Soup
Cuisine: Asian
Diet: Diabetic, Gluten Free, Hindu, Low Calorie, Low Fat, Low Lactose
Prep Time: 3 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 17 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 55kcal
Recipe by: Helene Dsouza
Ingredients
For the Soup
- 1 Piece Garlic Clove
- 1 Inch Ginger Fresh
- ½ Inch Turmeric when fresh or else 1 teaspoon dried powder
- 2½ Cups Water
- 2½ Cups Broth *see Notes
- 1 Piece Bay Leaf
- ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- pinch Salt to taste
- ⅛ Teaspoon Nutmeg
- 2-3 Leaves Sage dried or fresh
- 5 Piece Juniper Berries
- 1 Tablespoon Cilantro Fresh optional
- Juice of ½ lime or Lemon
Garnish
- Cilantro Fresh or other greens
US - Metric
Instructions
Prep your fresh ingredients. Peel garlic and chop roughly. Cut ginger and turmeric root roughly too. (if you don't have turmeric root, use turmeric spice powder).
1 Piece Garlic Clove, 1 Inch Ginger Fresh, ½ Inch Turmeric
Heat up a small soup pot with the water and broth. Keep over medium heat setting.
2½ Cups Water, 2½ Cups Broth
Add the cut ginger, garlic, and turmeric.
Add in the remaining spices. The bay leaf, black pepper, salt, grated nutmeg, sage, and whole juniper berries.
1 Piece Bay Leaf, ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground, pinch Salt, ⅛ Teaspoon Nutmeg, 2-3 Leaves Sage, 5 Piece Juniper Berries
Stir in cilantro too if you choose to add it. Otherwise, skip this step.
1 Tablespoon Cilantro Fresh
Keep simmering over a medium to low-heat setting. Cover and cook slowly for about 12–15 minutes.
When it's done infusing, pour and mix in lime/lemon juice.
Juice of ½ lime
Take from the heat, strain the soup with a large strainer.
Pour the soup back to heat or serve hot in a bowl. You can top it with fresh herbs such as cilantro, parsley, chives.
Cilantro Fresh
Notes
- As a base use, a broth of your choice can be homemade, carton, bouillon cubes mixed in hot water. Can be vegetable, chicken, beef etc. whichever you prefer.
- You can get fresh turmeric roots here.
Equipment
8" Chef Knife
Small Pot
Lemon Press/Juicer
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
20 min Healing Broth Soup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 55Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 1g5%
Sodium 104mg4%
Potassium 280mg8%
Carbohydrates 5g2%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 18IU0%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 26mg3%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Serving
I like to top my soup with fresh cilantro because of the flavor profile of this soup, but if you don't like cilantro, you can use another green topping.
- chives
- parsley
- mint
- green onion stalks
- wild garlic greens aka ramsons weed (in spring when it's in season)
I like my healing broth in a soup bowl or shallow plate, Paul drinks his in a cup.
Storing
You can meal prep and freeze this soup for the future. I even recommend that you do this because you never know when you will feel a bit ill.
I always keep 2 servings in my freezer!
Just make a batch of a serving and keep in a freezer-friendly airtight container.
To reheat, place the frozen broth in a saucepan or small soup pot and reheat gradually until it's hot, and you can eat it.
FAQs
Do I have to use all the spices listed?
I recommend that you do, because the combination makes this soup so wonderful. In fact, all the spices listed come handy eventually and should be part of a well-equipped kitchen pantry.
Can I use dried ginger, garlic, and turmeric?
I recommend using fresh ingredients if possible because of the health properties. That said, I understand that this is not always possible, so in this case, you are free to use dried ingredients, especially dried turmeric. Fresh turmeric is not always available, but it has become a mainstream ingredient in most grocery stores in the West.