Pumpkin Soup


Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin - 1 (small size)
  • Butter - 2 tbsp
  • Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
  • Crushed pepper corns - 10 (add more if you want it to be spicy)
  • Small onions - 5
  • Carrot - 1 (small size)
  • Tomato - 1 (small size)
  • Garlic - 2 big pods
  • Maida flour - 1 tbsp
  • Water
  • Salt

Preparation:

Cut the aforementioned vegetables and keep it ready.

Add 1/2 tbsp of butter in a pan and add cumin seeds, crushed pepper corns, garlic and saute for few minutes.

In a pressure cooker, add 1/2 tbsp of butter and add chopped onions, tomatoes, carrots and pumpkins. Saute for 5 minutes with medium flame and add a cup of water, the sauted garlic mixture and pressure cook for 3 whistles.

After it gets cooked, let it cool down. Blend it well, to make a puree out of it.

Melt 1 tbsp of butter in a pan and add a tbsp of maida flour to it. Mix it well to ensure that lumps doesn’t get formed. Adding maida will give the soup a silky texture. Finally, add the puree and salt and bring it to a boil.

Serve hot with fried breads.