Bottle Gourd-Pumkin Soup

Ingredients:

1.Fresh Tomatoes (2 nos.)

2.Fresh Pumkin (kaddu)

3.Fresh Bottlegourd (Doodhi)
4 Fresh Ginger (as per taste)
5.Onion (1no)
6.Garlic(3-4 nos)
7.Sugar(as per taste)
8.Salt (as per taste)
9.Ghee (clarified butter) (1 table spoon)
10.Water (as per requirement)
11.Maggie masala cubes ( 1 cube)

Procedure:

1.Cut bottle gourd,pumkin,onion,tomato,garlic and ginger into small pieces.
2.Heat the pressure pan.
3.Add 1 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter).
4.Add ginger garlic and onion,saute till onion turns translucent.
5.Add pieces of bottlegourd,pumkin and tomatoes and saute for 2 Min's.
6.Add water for cooking.
6.Pressure cook for 3 whistles.
7.After it cools down take the veggies in the blender,blend into fine paste.
8.Take the paste in a deep pan,add water to make a soup consistency
(use the water which we used for pressure cooking veggies.Do not throw that water)
9.Finally add salt,sugar as per taste.
10.Add maggie masala cube.
11.Serve Hot.

Tip: 1. When we serve this soup for children in age (9 months to 18 months)
            We can add boiled rice or pieces of chapati/roti  to this soup and 
            blend coarsely.This will make a whole sum and nutritious meal 
            for your child.

 Tip: 2.This soup is rich in calcium so very nutritious for kids.Maggie masala 
            is optional.While serving it for kids avoid this masala.