Minestrone Soup

I tasted this soup for the first time at my friends place..It was very new to me and hadn't heard of it actually...One bowl of soup,i was full and couldn't eat anything else after that...So immediately thought of making it for kids,a nice way to feed them some veggies...
Very filling and healthy soup  !


Ingredients needed
Beans - 5 to 10 chopped finely
Cauliflower - 1/2 cup (cut into small florets)
Carrot - 1
Baby bella mushroom - 4
Capsicum - 1/2 chopped into fine pieces
Vegetable broth - 1 1/2 cup
Any kind of beans - 1/2 cup(i used black beans)
Tomato - 2
Onion - 1 chopped finely
Garlic - 4 (minced)
Pepper powder - 1tsp
Red chili flakes - 1tsp
Olive oil - 2tbsp
Salt
Bay leaf - 2
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Any kind of pasta - 1/2 cup(i used conch pasta)


Method
Step 1 - Heat oil in a pressure cooker,add bay leaves,and saute garlic and onion till the onions turn pink.Now add all the vegetables and fry for 2 to 3 minutes and add the tomatoes.Cook it till the tomatoes are soft and then add the vegetable broth.Bring it to boil and add beans,pasta,cumin powder,pepper powder and salt.
Step 2 - Close the lid of the pressure cooker and after one whistle turn down the heat to medium and cook it for 5 minutes.

Step 3 - Turn the gas off and sprinkle cheese on top !