Red kidney bean soup with vegetables

Make this easy yet wholesome vegan kidney bean soup and enjoy it for your dinner. With few ingredients, you can make this soup at home, even on your busy days.

Course Soup

Cuisine Global

Keyword bean vegetable soup, kidney beans soup, veggies bean soup

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Servings

Calories 364kcal

Author Sravanthi Chanda

Equipment

Instant Pot
Dutch oven

Ingredients

3.5 cups kidney beans Cooked, Around two 15 oz cans
3.5 cups mixed veggies chopped into cubes
1 cup tomato puree
½ cup onion chopped finely
½ teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon dried thyme
½ teaspoon red chili powder
½ teaspoon cumin powder
1 tablespoon oil
2.5 cups water or vegetable stock

Instructions

Instant pot kidney bean soup

Start Instant pot in saute mode. Once it is hot enough, add oil and finely chopped onions to it. Let them fry for a couple of minutes.
Now add veggies of your choice. I used bottle gourd (calabash), carrots, and potatoes. You can use any squash or sweet potato or pumpkin or any veggies of your choice. Mix them well.
To these veggies mixture, add tomato puree. Chopped or pureed tomatoes will also work for this recipe.
Give it a good stir and add spice powders and herbs - dried thyme, dried oregano, red chili powder, cumin powder, and salt.
Add cooked kidney beans and water to this. If you are using canned beans, drain, rinse and add them.
Mix everything well and deglaze the pan if required.
Please switch off the saute mode and close the Instant pot with its lid. Start the Instant pot with manual or pressure cook mode and cook it for 5 minutes on high pressure.
Once the Instant pot beeps, switch it off and wait till pressure is released naturally. Enjoy the hot vegetable soup with kidney beans and a slice of toasted bread or crackers!

Stovetop instructions

Heat a thick bottomed pan or dutch oven. Once it is hot, add oil and fry chopped onions in it.
Add veggies of your choice once onions turn translucent. Mix it well.
Now add tomato puree. Then add herbs and spice powders - dried thyme, dried oregano, red chili powder, cumin powder, and salt.
Mix everything well and add cooked kidney beans and water to the pot.
Cook this on a medium flame for about 10 minutes to 15 minutes till the veggies are cooked thoroughly. Cooking time depends on the veggies used. Stir in between to avoid sticking to the pan.
Switch off the flame once the soup is done. And serve the veggie bean soup hot with a dash of olive oil.

Notes

Nutrition values are my rough estimates. Please feel free to use your calculator if you rely on them for your diet.

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