🇲🇬 Malagasy Cuisine

Lasopy

Malagasy Vegetable Soup

Prep Time 30 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 179 kcal

A light, nourishing vegetable soup loaded with seasonal greens, tomatoes, and rice, served steaming hot as a starter or light meal.

Ingredients

  • 200g mixed greens (spinach, chard, watercress)
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 100g rice
  • 1L water or vegetable stock
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. 1 Sauté onion and garlic in oil until soft.
  2. 2 Add tomatoes and cook 3 min.
  3. 3 Pour in water, add rice. Simmer 15 min.
  4. 4 Add greens, cook 5 min until wilted and rice is soft.
  5. 5 Season and serve hot.

Did You Know?

Lasopy is a Malagasy adaptation of the French word "la soupe," showing the linguistic legacy of French colonialism on the island.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/malagasy/lasopy/