Ash Gourd Clear White Soup
In Ayurveda and other traditional eastern medicine practices, ash-gourd is known to be used as a general tonic for its restorative properties. It is rich in many vitamins and minerals. It contains 96% water, making it a diabetic friendly and weight-loss friendly vegetable. Ash-gourd is alkaline in nature and hence has a cooling and neutralizing effect on stomach acids, and as such used effectively for treating digestive ailments.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
5 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Ash gourd & Vegetable soup, Clear White Soup, white pumpkin soup
Servings: 1 people
Calories: 40kcal
Author: Shruthi
- 150 gms Ash Gourd Chopped
- 50 gms Cabbage Chopped
- 50 gms Tender bottle gourd Chopped
- 1 tbsp Gingelly oil Cold press oil
- 2 Pinches Pepper Powder
- 1 Pinch Asafoetida
- 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves Finely Chopped
- 1 tbsp (As Required) Salt Table salt
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice Fresh
De-Skin the ash gourd and cut into pieces along with other vegetables.
Add to a steam cooker with 1 cup of water.
Cook for two whistles on simmer.
Remove from stove and cool.
Add a little water and grind in a mixer until mashed well.
Sieve the ingredients and discard lumps.
Bring the mixture to a boil, on simmer.
Add pepper powder and salt.
Temper cumin seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida and add to the mixture.
Add lemon juice and serve garnished with coriander leaves.
Variation:
Vegetables like knol-khol, radish and turnip can also be used to prepare the soup in different flavours as per your taste.