Vegetable Barley soup

All You Need:

•  Barley seeds 1 cup
• Veggies finely chopped - Cabbage,Capsicum,Celery,Carrots,Beans,corn
• Onions finely chopped
• Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp
• Spring onions finely chopped (optional)
• Boiled Kala chana (optional)

The Recipe:

• Dry roast barley seeds for about 10 mins till a nice aroma comes out
• After it cools, grind the seeds ( can coarse grind)
• Make the broth by adding 1tbsp powder for every cup of water (I did 4 cups water) and let it boil. Once bubbles appear, simmer for 10 minutes more and switch off stove
• In Instant pot, add a tbsp oil and add ginger garlic paste. Saute for a few secs and add onions and spring onions
• After sauting for a min, add veggies and salt and cook for 3 minutes
• Add the broth and pepper and put IP in Soup mode (30 mins). Alternately you can make all this on stove top for 30 mins and keep stirring in between. 
• In the end, adjust salt, pepper and water as per your preference
• While serving, add boiled kala chana in the bowl for added protein and taste