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I looked up the net to look for some home remedy for cold and fever for my dear hubby, and found this interesting recipe. Made it, and it was delicious ! The onions had become soft and were edible without having to churn them into paste.

Offcourse, my hubby made sure that he took the medicine he believed in after this, my fair lady, icecream at our favourite ice-cream parlour, Ricthie Rich (they have awesome Vanilla ice-cream as well as loads of other specialties.

Extract from :
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Make-a-Soup---A-cure-for-Colds-and-Flu

The Soup Cure
Onion & Garlic Soup
Ingredients - Remember to try and use Organic products
3 large onions
3 cloves of garlic
1 sprig of fresh parsley finely chopped
4 cups of filtered water

Method
Chop the onions and garlic into small pieces. Or alternatively liquidize them.

Bring a stainless steel saucepan with 4 cups of filtered water to the boil and then add the chopped onions and garlic and the parsley to the saucepan and bring to the boil.

Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover the saucepan and then let it simmer for 15 minutes. Until the onions have cooked until they are very soft.

Serve it either as is or liquidize with a thickening agent for a creamy soup.

Thickening Agent
Add 1 tablespoon of chick pea flour and whisk it up in 2 tablespoons of filtered water.

Add to the soup and stir, until the desired thickness is obtained, then simmer for 5 minutes.