Yellow Pumpkin Soup

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A sweet and spicy Yellow pumpkin soup is rich in Carotenoid which are essential to keep diseases at bay. Enjoy the yellow pumpkin soup with mint sprigs as garnish and toasted bread as accompaniment.

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Yellow Pumpkin Soup recipe - How to make Yellow Pumpkin Soup

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Preparation Time: 15 mins Cooking Time: 15 mins Total Time: 30 mins 4
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Ingredients

1/2 kg red pumpkin (bhopla / kaddu) (in delhi it is called seethaphal)
2 onions
1 bunch of spring onions
1 carrot
1 large sized potato
1 cup boiled green peas
5 cups water
2 tbsp butter
salt to taste
black pepper (kalimirch) powder to garnish

Method

Dice the yellow pumpkin, potato and carrot into small pieces.
Separate the onions from bunch of spring onions and dice both. set aside some of the green portion for later garnishing.
Heat a kadai, put the butter and saute all the onions till they are golden in colour.
Add the yellow pumpkin, potato, carrot and part of the green spring onion and saute them all for 3 minutes.
Pour 4 cups of water, salt and pressure cook to two whistles.
You may alternately boil them till the vegetables are tender.
Cool and blend in a mixie.
Add the boiled green peas.
Heat before serving. garnish with pepper and raw spring onion greens.