Celery Leek Potato soup

Today was a Happy day for me..I received a very sweet  token from someone whom I look upto .

The token was a a huge bunch of celery and Leek.Frankly ,I had never seen such a huge bunch with

 crisp stalks and big bulbs.Seemed like someone had really taken gud care of them,with loads of love.

And who could this be none other than Atul.Thank you soooo much for the beautiful herbs.

Ingredients:

2 stalks of celery (cut in small pieces)

3 sprigs of leek  chopped(this was a huge one so used half of it with the bulb)

2 small potatoes (cut in small pieces with skin)

3 garlic cloves

1 bay leaf

Salt

Pepper

2 tsp butter

Maggi chicken cube (can be replaced with vegetable stock/cube)

Hot water

Method:

 Wash the celery stalks,leek  potatoes well.Chop and keep aside.Heat Butter in a pan add in the bay

 leaf  followed by leek,celery stalks,potatoes with skin,whole garlic cloves,salt and pepper and sauté for

 5 minutes.Ideally I s hould  have added fresh stock (made from the celery) but I tried the cheat method

 and added the chicken cube and hot water.Allow it to simmer for 2o minutes till the poatatoes become soft.Remove the bay leaf now and allow it to cool.Once Cool ,blend it well and give it a boil again and 

serve it hot, garnished with freshly ground pepper and small pieces of the celery stalk…It was yummy to the  core ,kids loved it too…