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Bottle Gourd Soup Recipe
25 min
Total Time
10 min
Prep Time
2
Servings
145
Calories
Recipe Information
This delicious Bottle Gourd Soup Recipe recipe serves 2 people and takes approximately 25 min to prepare. Each serving contains 145 calories, making it a perfect choice for a satisfying meal.
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 chili
- 🍴1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 🍴1 teaspoon salt
- 🍴1 tablespoon refined oil
- 🍴1 pinch powdered turmeric
Instructions
- 🍴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.
- 🍴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 into the pan and allow the ingredients to boil in the water for 1-2 minutes.
- 🍴Now transfer all the ingredients of the pan to a pressure cooker and pressure cook them. Once done, transfer the mixture to a bowl and allow it to cool.
- 🍴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.