Lemony Bottle Gourd Soup
Lemony Bottle Gourd Soup

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lemony bottle gourd soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lemony Bottle Gourd Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Lemony Bottle Gourd Soup is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Great recipe for Lemony Bottle Gourd Soup. #SoupSalad - Bottle Gourd or Lauki has a lot of health benefits. But it is detested and not liked by many. But it can be dished out in a delicious way and in any form. So, here is my variation of a curried and Lemony Bottlegourd soup.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lemony bottle gourd soup using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemony Bottle Gourd Soup:
  1. Make ready 1/2 small bottle gourd, roughly chopped
  2. Prepare 1 onion, sliced
  3. Take 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  4. Take 2 tbsp oil
  5. Get 2 bay leaves
  6. Prepare to taste salt
  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper powder or to taste
  8. Prepare 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  9. Make ready 1/2 tsp. red chili powder
  10. Make ready 1 tsp roasted coriander-cumin powder
  11. Take 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
  12. Take 8-10 kaffir lime leaves
  13. Prepare coriander leaves & chili flakes to garnish (opt)

This soup is quick and very easy to prepare using easily available ingredients. This uses bottle gourd, potato, onion, cabbage, carrot and palak/spinach. These vegetables are very healthy and rich in many types of nutrients. This soup is amazing in taste and good for any season especially cold weather.

Steps to make Lemony Bottle Gourd Soup:
  1. Heat oil in a pan and saute the bay leaves for a few seconds. Add the onions and fry till light brown.
  2. Add the ginger-garlic paste and all the dry spices mixed with 1/4 cup water. Saute till oil separates.
  3. Add the bottle gourd and the kaffir lime leaves. Combine well and pressure cook in 2 1/2 cups water for 3-4 whistles.
  4. When cool, discard the bay leaves and lime leaves. Preserve few bottlegourd pieces to garnish.
  5. Puree the same and heat through. Serve, garnished with the bottlegourd pieces, coriander leaves and chili flakes.

These vegetables are very healthy and rich in many types of nutrients. This soup is amazing in taste and good for any season especially cold weather. You may/may not need to add little extra water or broth/stock. Serving suggestion: Serve this bottle gourd soup with a piece of bread or baguette to make a light meal. The smaller portion can be served as a starter with.

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