Roasted Garlic Soup

Ingredients

Olive oil 2 tbsp
Onion 1
Oregano 1 tsp
Garlic 2 bulbs
Garlic 7 - 8 pieces
Potato 2 (small)
Black pepper corns 5
Black pepper powder 1/2 tsp
Red chilli flakes 1/2 tsp
Vegetable stock 1 cup
Water 1 cup

Method :

1. Make your vegetable stock
2. In a sauce pan, on a low flame add oil, garlic (with the skin),onion and potato, black pepper corn, red chilli flakes, oregano and saute for 20 mins

3. Ensure that it doesn't get burnt or catches the bottom
4. After 20 mins add water and cover with a lid for ten mins
5. You will cook until the garlic and potato is softened

6. Remove the garlic from the pan and peel off the skin
7. Chop the garlic into smaller pieces and add it back in the sauce pan
8. Add the vegetable stock, salt and black pepper powder
9. Turn off the flame once done
10. Cool and puree the soup in a blender
11. Return the puree to the sauce pan and boil for 7 mins
12. While the puree is boiling, take a small pan add the remaining oil and add the  chop garlic without skin, you will saute this for 5 mins. The color has to change to brown, ensure that it doesn't get burnt. Once its done place them on a tissue paper
13. Your soup would have boiled by now.
14 Ladle into a bowl and season with roasted garlic and some coriander stems or chives or spring onion or you can also add cream

I did not have chives so used the coriander stems.