Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, light and healthy lauki/bottle gourd soup. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have light and healthy lauki/bottle gourd soup using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Light and Healthy Lauki/Bottle Gourd Soup:
- Make ready 2 cups peeled and chopped lauki/bottle gourd
- Prepare 1/4 cup chopped red onions
- Prepare 1 -inch piece ginger cut into 2 to 3 pieces
- Take 2 green chillies/jalapenos
- Get 3 cloves
- Take 2 tbsp butter/oil
- Get 1 vegetable seasoning cube (I have used Maggi brand); optional
- Make ready To taste Salt
- Make ready 1 tbsp ghee or butter for seasoning
- Get To taste Black Pepper powder
- Prepare as needed Chopped cilantro or coriander leaves and/or green onions for garnishing
Lauki or Bottle Gourd or Calabash has been used in South East Asian countries as a weight loss tonic as well as in skin care regime. A highly prized vegetable in Ayurvedic medicine as it increases ojas (immunity) and nourishes Vata and Pitta dosha. Vata and Pitta must consume cooked lauki or bottle. Recipe Index » Soups » Lauki soup recipe (Bottle gourd soup).
Steps to make Light and Healthy Lauki/Bottle Gourd Soup:
- In a pressure pot, heat butter or oil and once hot, add onions, ginger, cloves, green chilies and chopped bottle gourd and sauté on medium high for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add water to cover the vegetables and cook on high pressure for one whistle.
- Once the pressure has dropped, drain the cooked vegetables and remove the cloves, ginger pieces and green chilli pieces (this is optional).
- Blend the drained vegetables to a fine paste and transfer to a saucepan along with the strained broth.
- Add salt to taste along with a single crushed cube of seasoning (optional). - Mix well, bring to a boil and reduce heat. - Simmer for about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the seasoning. Heat ghee in a small saucepan and once melted, add pepper powder and fry for a few seconds. - Tip this into the hot simmering soup and mix well. Garnish with chopped cilantro or green onions. - Serve hot, light and soothing lauki or bottle gourd soup with toasted bread and maybe a salad on the side. Enjoy!! #Soup
- Use garlic if you like the flavor; it will give a different flavor dimension to the soup. - The same recipe can be used to make cabbage, carrot, spinach, pumpkin, squash, zucchini soup etc. - While choosing bottle gourd, choose the small and tender varieties. #Wintersoup.
So when you heard the name lauki soup, you may not want to give it a try in your kitchen. Serving suggestion: Serve this bottle gourd soup with a piece of bread or baguette to make a light meal. Lauki Soup is a light soup which helps to reduce weight. This is a perfect weight loss recipe. Bottle gourd has always been one of the healthiest vegetable.
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