Lauki & Tomato soup
A hearty & healthy soup
Lauki & Tomato soup
Description
A hearty & healthy soupIngredients
To serve
Instructions
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Wash, peel and dice lauki. Roughly chop tomatoes, onion.
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In a pressure cooker put bottle gourd, tomato, onion, ginger, whole peppercorns, 4 cups water. Cook up to 1 whistle and then lower flame and cook another 5 mins or till cooked. Remove from heat. Let pressure drop, then open lid.
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Cool the cooked mixture. Then blend to puree in mixer/blender. When blending you may add the coriander leaves if desired.
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Strain blended mixture. Pour puree into saucepan. Bring to boil. Add butter salt, pepper powder, sugar, ketchup if adding. Add chopped coriander if not added when grinding.
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Stir and simmer for few minutes.
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Serve hot.
Note
Bottle gourd does not need to much time to be cooked. You may even cook the vegetables in a saucepan till cooked instead of a pressure cooker.The soup tastes good even on its own without any accompaniments. You may even serve the soup alongside a simple pulao for a complete meal.
Vegans can skip butter.
Instead of regular white sugar, try adding some Demerara sugar for a more intense flavor