Pumpkin soup recipe | how to prepare easy creamy pumpkin soup detailed recipe. This is one of the most popular and healthy soup recipes prepared with roasted pumpkins. It is simply prepared using three main ingredients: pumpkin, garlic, and fried onions.
This recipe is very easy and simply requires roasting a pumpkin and some onions before grinding the roasted vegetables into a thick batter. It can then be topped with fresh cream and served. Soup is often used as an appetizer and typically with garlic bread or plain roasted bread, creating a complete meal in itself. Personally, I find that pumpkin soup with garlic bread makes an ideal light but filling meal, which I make quite often when there are 7-8 months of winter in my area. To add more health benefits and make it even more satisfying, other vegetables such as carrots, peas and red capsicum can be added to the soup too.
Pumpkin soup recipe | how to prepare easy creamy pumpkin soup step by step recipe. In order to make a perfect and creamy pumpkin soup recipe, here are some tips and recommendations. Firstly, if you wish to cut calories, you can use milk or yogurt instead of cream. Roast the pumpkin and onions before adding water to enhance flavours. Finally, you can add herbs of your choice such as parsley or rosemary to enhance the flavours of creamy pumpkin soup.
INGREDIENTS:-
▢2 tbsp olive oil
▢1 onion (thinly sliced)
▢2 clove garlic
▢2 cup 400gm pumpkin, sliced
▢½ tsp salt
▢½ tsp pepper (crushed)
▢1 onion (thinly sliced)
▢2 clove garlic
▢2 cup 400gm pumpkin, sliced
▢½ tsp salt
▢½ tsp pepper (crushed)
▢2 cup water
▢cream to garnish
▢cream to garnish
INSTRUCTION:-
Step 1: Firstly, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large kadai. Alternatively, use any neutral flavoured oil or butter.
Step 2: Continue to saute 1 thinly sliced onion until it shrinks.
Step 3: Sauté 2 cloves of garlic as well.
Step 4: Add 2 cups (400gm) of sliced pumpkin. Any pumpkin will work.
Step 5: Add ½ tsp salt and 12 tsp pepper as well.
Step 6: Saute for a minute or two until it changes color.
Step 7: Additionally, add 2 cups of water and mix well.
Step 8: On a medium flame, cover and boil for 15 minutes.
Step 9: Allow the pumpkin to cool lightly after it has been cooked well.
Step 10: Blend to a smooth paste in a blender.
Step 11: In a bowl, pour the pumpkin soup and garnish with a tbsp of cream. If you are watching your weight, you can use greek yogurt instead of cream.
Step 12: Last but not least, serve pumpkin soup sprinkled with black pepper or keep it in the refrigerator for a week and enjoy whenever you want.
Notes:
- firstly, if you have oven, then roast pumpkin, onion and garlic in oven for 30 minutes at 180 degree celsius. this helps to get roasted flavour in soup.
- also add parsley, basil or rosemary for more flavours.
- additionally, adding cream is optional, use greek yogurt if you are diet conscious.
- finally, pumpkin soup can be extended by adding potato and carrot while boiling.
