Soup with eggplant, tomatoes, pepper and string beans

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to cook eggplant soup? First of all, prepare the meat. Beef ribs with pulp were used in the recipe.

2. Step 2:

   

   Divide the ribs and if there is a lot of pulp on them, then cut it into small pieces.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil to the pan, heat it and send the ribs to fry. Stir-fry until a delicious golden crust appears. Pour water into a saucepan so that it practically covers the meat, add a little salt. After boiling, reduce the heat to a minimum, and simmer the beef under a closed lid for about 1.5 hours. The time may decrease or increase on the contrary, it depends on how young meat is used.

4. Step 4:

   

   While the beef is stewing, prepare all the other products.

5. Step 5:

   

   Peel onions, potatoes and carrots, cut off the tails from the beans and remove the antennae on the sides (if any). Remove the stems from the eggplant and pepper. Rinse all vegetables under running clean water.

6. Step 6:

   

   Cut potatoes and eggplants into medium-sized cubes, and beans into small pieces.

8. Step 7:

   

   Cut carrots and bell peppers into thin cubes, tomatoes into cubes, and onions as finely as possible. Tomatoes can be peeled off beforehand.

9. Step 8:

   

   When the meat becomes soft and moves away from the bone, you can proceed to the next step. Make the fire at maximum. Add the eggplant and beans to the pan. If you have young pods, then leave them in the pan for 2-3 minutes, if more mature, then cook for 5-7 minutes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Put the rest of the vegetables in the pan.

11. Step 10:

    

    Fill everything with water, add bay leaf and tomato sauce (you can use tomato paste). The amount of water depends on how thick the soup you want to get. Pour in the water gradually and determine if 500 ml is enough for you or if you need a liter or more of water. Add salt to taste and wait for the moment of boiling. Then reduce the heat to medium and cook the soup until all the vegetables are ready. It took me about 15 minutes.

12. Step 11:

    

    Try the soup with salt, if you need to add salt. Put the finely chopped garlic and herbs in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and let the soup brew for a while.

13. Step 12:

    

    Ready, you can serve!