Carrot and Orange Soup

I am in beautiful Delhi to attend a conference …. lovely weather good food of all types. Last night we went to an Italian restaurant and had an excellent meal beginning with Carrot, Ginger and Orange soup. I liked it so much that I went to meet the chef and persuaded her to share the recipe with me. So here it is.

Ingredients:
6 to 8 fresh baby carrots( The Mahableshwar type , orange coloured ones)
1 orange
½ piece ginger finely chopped
8 to 10 mint leaves
15 to 20 small wheat bread roasted croutons ( They had used Italian wheat)
Salt to taste

Procedure:
Wash , scrape and grate carrots. Peel the orange. Remove the flesh of each segment by opening out. In a pan put grated carrots, orange pulp, mint leaves and ginger . Add 4 cups of water and boil on low flame till carrots are tender. Put off flame. Allow to cool a bit and then put the contents into a blender and blend till smooth. If too thick add a little hot water.
Add salt to taste and serve hot garnished with croutons.