Bottle Gourd Soup Recipe

Bottle Gourd Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 small diced bottle gourd
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 cup moong dal
• 2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
• 1 dash powdered spice black pepper
• 1 pinch cumin seeds
• 2 cup water
• 1 small diced onion
• 1 chopped green chilli
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon refined oil
• 1 pinch powdered turmeric

Recipe :

• Step 1

  Heat oil in a pan on low flame and add cumin seeds (jeera). Once the cumin seeds start to crackle, add diced onions. Saute the onions till they turn slightly pinkish in hue.

• Step 2

  Then add diced bottle gourd, garlic, green chillis, moong dal, lemon juice, coriander leaves, salt, black pepper and turmeric. Stir these ingredients well for around 2-3 minutes on medium flame. Then pour water in the pan and allow the ingredients to boil in the water for 1-2 minutes.

• Step 3

  Now transfer all the ingredients of the pan in a pressure cooker and pressure cook them. Once done, transfer the mixture in a bowl and allow it to cool.

• Step 4

  Blend the cooked mixture with a hand blender to form a soup like consistency. Add some more amount of water if required and boil for three minutes. It can be chilled and served as a cold soup. Serve the delicious and healthy bottle gourd soup after topping it with some fresh coriander.