Bottle gourd and Peas soup

By Mrunal | Updated: 06/02/2019

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Ingredients
Method
Nutritional Information

Bottle gourd is one such veggie that kids or adults usually don’t like. But the advantages of bottle gourd are just a lot to disregard this healthy vegetable. Bottle gourd provides more of the healthy nutrients than calories and fats. A ladleful of this soup and you are sure to feel light, warm and comforting. All the weight loss seekers, here’s a soup of bottle gourd packed with the goodness of peas.

Serves	Preparation Time	Cooking Time
2 People	15 Minutes	15 Minutes

Ingredients

1 small bottle gourd (diced)
1 cup green peas
1 small onion (diced)
2 small pieces garlic
1 green chilly
1/2 cup yellow moong dal (yellow lentils)
1 lemon juice
2 tbsp (tablespoon) fresh coriander
1tbsp salt & pepper
1 tbsp oil
a pinch of jeera/cumin
a pinch of turmeric powder
2 cups water

Method

Step 1

In a pressure cooker, add all ingredients and water.

Step 2

To 1 tbsp oil, add jeera, allow it to crackle. Add this to the ingredients in pressure cooker.

Step 3

Pressure cook all the ingredients, till around three whistles. Allow to cool.

Step 4

Blend the cooked mixture with a hand blender to form a soup-like consistency.

Step 5

Add some water if required and boil for 3 minutes.

Step 6

Serve with some fresh coriander to top it.

Nutritional Information

Calories	97	Sodium	213 mg
Total Fat	1.5 g	Potassium	0 mg
Saturated	0 g	Total Carbs	7 g
Polyunsaturated	0 g	Dietary Fiber	2 g
Monounsaturated	0 g	Sugars	2 g
Trans	0 g	Protein	2 g
Cholesterol	0 mg	Vitamin A	0%
Calcium	4%	Vitamin C	4%
Iron	5%