Three Sisters Soup Recipe

Three sisters soup is a native American recipe, a vegetable and beans soup called ‘Three Sisters Soup’, the Three Sisters refers to corn, beans and squash.

Traditionally these veggies and beans serve thousands of people on the turtle island. This soup is healthy as well as delicious.

These three crops are grown together by native Americans because these three crops flourish when they are grown together.

There is a technique to grow these vegetables and beans:

In about a 12-inch soil mound corn is planted first and that corn is known as pole corn which grows from 6 feet to about 12 feet depending on which species is planted. Beans and corn, two sisters help grow each other. The corn grows tall and the beans grow to wrap around the corn and going up, getting all the sunlight.

The third sister of this three sisters soup recipe is squash which grows around all two plants together. Squash has large leaves which protect the soil from drying out so that maintains moisture and prevents it from dehydrating, also it is a pricky plant that keeps out predators.

In this way, these sisters help each other grow to their full potential.

Three Sisters Soup Recipe Ingredients

Let’s talk about the flavor of the ingredients in the three sisters soup:

White corn is a variety of sweet corn. Common uses of white corn are food, starch and paper. This corn is to be boiled in wood ashes, it goes through a four-hour boiling process.

All three ingredients combined all the proteins, carbs, and amino acids

Use Himalayan salt or pink salt instead of regular table salt or iodized salt.

Directions: Step by Step How to Make Three Sisters Soup

Step 1: Preparation to make three sisters soup is, first of all, core out the seeds of squash these seeds of the squash are edible so do not throw them away.

Step 2: In a saucepan pour in 4 cups of vegetable/chicken stock, and let it simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.

Step 3: Rinse 1 cup of canned/uncanned white corn and canned/uncanned green beans

Transfer the rinsed 1 cup of white corn (if not available use yellow corn) and 1 cup of green beans (can be substituted with beans of your choice), to chicken/vegetable soup.

Step 4: Mince one large white onion and 2 sticks of celery, try cutting them in the same size so that both the veggies cook evenly.

Step 5: Transfer 1 large minced onion to the stock. Now add rinsed white corn, green beans, and chopped celery. Cover and let it cook for 10 minutes on a slow boil.

Step 6: At this stage add Himalayan salt or pink salt as per taste. Regular salt can be added but try using mentioned ingredients when it comes to local ingredients

Step 7: On a chopping board, roll sage leaves together and cut them lengthwise add it to the saucepan and ½ teaspoon of curry powder for strong flavor.

Step 8: Give it a quick stir and simmer for 15 minutes on low flame until the beans and veggies are cooked. and your healthy Three sisters soup is ready to be served.

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