Ridge gourd Soup
About:
Protein, fiber-rich red lentils and hearty ridge gourd are transformed into a smooth fragrant soup; served with flatbread, it’s perfect as a simple main course
The ingredients are simple for this fuss free soup – ridge gourd, tomato, garlic, onion, and red lentils. Then you add green chillies for heat, if you like, and a little drizzle of , greek yogurt or coconutmilk for creaminess. Thats it!
You are more than welcome to leave this soup chunky and not blend it at all or blend part of it and leave a few chunks in there, but either way, this soup is pretty comforting and perfect for the cooler weather.
About:
Yields-4-6 servings
Preparation time-20 minutes
Cooking time-20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Ridge gourd-2 cups (diced into chunks)
- Red lentils/ Masoor dal-1cup (rinsed and washed thoroughly)
- Diced onions-1 medium
- Diced tomatoes-2 medium
- Garlic cloves-3
- Green chilies-3-4
- Vegetable broth-3cups
- Ground cumin-1tsp
- Ground cinnamon-1/4tsp
- Lemon juice-1tbsp
- Salt- to taste
For serving:
Chopped Fresh parsley
Procedure:
- In a pressure cooker combine red lentils, ridge gourd, onion, tomatoes, chillies, garlic , cinnamon, cumin powder, salt -add 2 cups of vegetable broth/water and cook for 2-3 whistles.
- Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid and then let it cool a bit.
- Take your lentil mixture and carefully pour into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Return lentil mixture to saucepan and add rest of the broth, lemon juice and cook until thoroughly heated.
- When serving, top soup with yogurt and parsley
Note:
- Consistency and spices can be personalised as per the taste
- Lentils and veggies can be cooked in the saucepan alternatively than in the pressure cooker.
Posted on December 8, 2015, in Indian and tagged cream free soup, eerekaye recipes, fiber rich soup, Healthy soup, low fat soup, protein rich soup, red lentil soup, Ridge gourd recipes, Soup recipes. Bookmark the permalink. 37 Comments.
Your soup looks very delicious Chitra 🙂
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Thank you Irene. … thatz so kind of you… 🙂 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
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Thanx a lot Sir… you are so.kind and encouraging. …
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Very lovely soup Chitra!
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Thank you Lynz….
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welcome!
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This is great. I always do only kootu. Soup is awesome. 🙂
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Thank you Sri… Glad you liked it…
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Chitra
Healthy and nourishing – you are such a responsible and entertaining blogger
big hugs
john
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Thanx a lot John for your kind and encouraging words… its all dad Gods grace and encouragement from friends like you…. Am blessed
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Looks very delicious, Chitra! I love ridge gourd, but we don’t get them here unfortunately 😦
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Oh a poor thing… here in London we find them in every indian store… expensive though.. ..wish you find it near your place soon… glad you liked it dear… Thank you…
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I have never tried soup with ridge gourd. Sounds interesting, healthy and delicious dear!
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Thanx a lot dear… glad you liked it 🙂
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Delicious and healthy soup Chitra. Ideal for the cold weather 🙂
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Thank you SKD. ..
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Ridge gourd is my favorite vegetable. Soup looks very delicious will try dear
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Thank you Beena. … please do try and let me know and am sure you will love it as we did…. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Chef Ceaser.
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Thank you
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I love your search feature. Thanks so much!
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Thanx a lot Debroah. … feel blessed to hear from you…. 🙂 🙂
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Healthy and filling.. Comfy soup for this moody weather
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Thank you Sowmia…
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Flavorsome soup!!
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Thank you Malar….
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A delight for Soup lovers 🙂
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Indeed yes Alok ji. ..Thank you…
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This looks great!
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Thank you….
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healthy and delicious soup
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Thanks a ton Veena for stopping by and encouraging me with your lovely feedback….:) 🙂
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Lovely! I thought it was going to be like my split pea soup when I pulled up the post – but not at all! Very interesting, although I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a ridge gourd…
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Thank you Frugal for your lovely feedback…. glad you liked it…
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Its yum . I am planning to make this soup on my ridge gourd hating family. They will not realise what hit them. 😀 Thanks
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