Lentil and bottle gourd soup

Recipe for Lentil and bottle gourd soup

Ingredients for the lentil soup:-

• 1/2 cup toor daal ( or any lentil of ur choice)
• 1 cup bottle goud ( cut into thick pieces)
• 1 tomato ( cut roughly)
• 1 tspn ginger ( grated)
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 tspn Turmeric powder

For tadka or tempering

• 1 tblspn ghee
• 1/4 tspn cumin seeds
• 2 green chili slit
• 1/4 tspn asafetida
• 1/4 tspn red chilli powder

For garnishing:-

Coriander leaves ( chopped)

Recipe:-

• Wash the lentil properly
•  Add all the ingredients for the soup together in a pressure Cooker
• Cooke it on medium slow heat till 4-5 whistle
• Cool it and take out in a bowl

For tempering:-

• Heat ghee in small pan
• Now add cumin seeds, asafetida, green chilli and red chilli powder.
• Turn off the heat and add it to the soup.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with ur choice of bread or rice.

  You can add chopped onions and chopped garlic too when tempering.