{"id":8815,"date":"2016-03-25T08:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=8815"},"modified":"2016-03-25T08:37:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:37:24","slug":"green-soup-with-chickpeas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/25\/green-soup-with-chickpeas\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Soup with Chickpeas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/unnamed.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/unnamed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/unnamed-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Soup with Chickpeas<br \/>\n<\/strong>A highly nutritious soup made with spinach and chickpeas by clinical dietitian, Surbhi Girdhar<br \/>\n(Serves 4-5)<\/p>\n<p>1 Tablespoon olive oil<br \/>\n2-3 cloves garlic (chopped)<br \/>\n1 teaspoon chopped ginger<br \/>\n1 medium onion (chopped)<br \/>\n2 medium tomatoes (diced)<br \/>\n2 green chillies (optional)<br \/>\n16 ounces fresh spinach (washed)<br \/>\n1-2 cups water<br \/>\nSalt to taste<br \/>\n16-ounce canned chickpeas(drained)<br \/>\nParsley leaves (for garnish)<br \/>\nRed pepper flakes (for garnish)<\/p>\n<p>In a pan, heat olive oil, then add chopped garlic and ginger. Saut\u00e9 for one minute. Next, add chopped onions, diced tomatoes, and optional green chillies. Saut\u00e9 until mixture is soft. In the meanwhile, boil\/microwave spinach until tender. Add it to the above mixture and cook for few more minutes. Let the mixture cool and then put it in a blender. Blend to almost pur\u00e9e consistency. Now, put soup back in a pan and add about 1-2 cups of water. Add salt to taste and chickpeas and let soup simmer for few minutes. Garnish with some parsley leaves and red pepper flakes (optional). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Soup with Chickpeas A highly nutritious soup made with spinach and chickpeas by clinical dietitian, Surbhi Girdhar (Serves 4-5) 1 Tablespoon olive oil 2-3 cloves garlic (chopped) 1 teaspoon chopped ginger 1 medium onion (chopped) 2 medium tomatoes (diced) 2 green chillies (optional) 16 ounces fresh spinach (washed) 1-2 cups water Salt to taste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8817,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8815\/revisions\/8817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}