Lauki (Bottle gourd) Soup

Ingredients:-

For Soup:-

Lauki(Bottle gourd) - ½ peeled and cut into medium size pieces, can remove the inner seeds if hard.

Green Chilli - 1/2 tsp

Milk - 1/2 Cup

For Khada Masala:-

Tejpata - 1

Dalchini - 1 inch

Cloves - 2

Black Pepper - 8

Cinnamon - 2

Ginger - ½ inch

For Frying:-

Butter - 3 tbsp

Maida - 2 tbsp

Masala for the Soup:-

Salt

Sugar - 1 tsp

Black Pepper - 2 tsp

For Garnishing:-

Chopped Corriander leaves

Recipe:-

Boil all the above veggies in a pressure cooker till 2-3 whistles.

Strain all the water and can be saved for further use to add in the soup.

Cool it in a big plate.

Except for the tejpata and grind the rest in a mixer till fine paste. Strain the paste adding the earlier water.

Take a vessel on stove and add 3 tbsp of butter.Once butter melts quickly add 2 tbsp of maida and stir vigorously.

Add Tejpatha along with the earlier vegetable paste and hot water (strained earlier from the veggies) as per the required consistency.

Add 1 tsp of sugar, 2 tsp of black pepper and salt to taste.

Stir till boil.

Add ½ cup milk and stir till boil.

Garnishing:-

Serve hot and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.