Simply Courgette & Bean Soup

I was never a fan of courgettes as never knew exactly how to use them, tried them on pizza's in Italy and vegetable roasts but every time i bought some they would sit until i had no choice but to add them to sometime but it was not delicious!
This time a colleague had a good crop at his allotment and I got 3 giant courgettes
1st one was experimented and made into a bread used a LEON reciepe
the other two got got experimented into a soup !


ingredients:
courgettes/zuccini - 1 kg (grated)
onions -2-3 (chopped)
tomatoes - 6 (chopped)
blackeyed beans - 1 cup(soaked)
ginger - a teaspoon grated
salt and pepper, cumin seeds
olive oil


  1. in a pressure cooker cook the beans with tomatoes, ginger with salt and water
  2. in a separate pan fry the onions in the oil, after seasoning with cumin seeds
  3. grate the courgettes and add to the onions and fry for another 5- 10 mins, add salt as per taste
  4. add stock or boiling water and let it boil until soft
  5. blend the courgette and onion base 
  6. mix the cooked beans to the courgette base and server hot with pepper




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