Lauki soup is a healthy dish comprising bottle gourd or lauki as its base. This is boiled along with garlic cloves, onions and fresh coriander stems. After this, it is salted and peppered to taste, mixed with water and slow-cooked to allow the flavors to blend. To make the soup delicious and fresh a little green onion is added and the soup is served with a simple mix of chopped spring onions and black pepper. Just follow my simple recipe and you will be able to make lauki Soup in your home.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Lauki soup is a popular, healthy, and light soup commonly consumed across India.
- Serve it hot as is or with bread toast, crackers, or a side salad.
- Lauki soup tastes mildly savory and spicy.
- Other similar recipes are tomato soup, carrot soup, and spinach soup.
The Ingredients:
To boil lauki:
- 2 cups bottle gourd (skin removed, cut into small pieces)
- 1 piece onion (medium size, sliced finely)
- 4 cloves garlic (peeled, whole)
- Coriander stems (a few)
- 2 cups water
To cook the soup:
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- ½ cup water
- 1 tbsp spring onion (green part, finely chopped)
For garnishing the lauki soup:
- Spring onion (finely chopped, as required)
- Black pepper (crushed, as required)
This recipe came from a grocery store conversation. Another woman was checking the quality of the bottle gourd and we spoke briefly about prices and cooking. She mentioned this dish as something she makes when she doesn’t want to cook elaborate food. I remembered it because she said it very casually and minutely.
I tried it a few days later without much planning. I didn’t follow any strict steps but followed the tips I added in my recipe. The soup was flavorful and light. My husband said it tasted simple and filling and my sons finished quickly and moved on. I felt it fit easily into our routine. I was grateful to the lady for sharing this wonderful recipe with me that gave me these precious moments and feelings.
How to Make Lauki Soup? (Step by Step Guide with Images)
Step 1: Take 2 cups of bottle gourd (skin removed, cut into small pieces), 1 piece of onion (medium size, sliced finely), 4 garlic cloves (peeled, whole), a few coriander stems, and 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker. Cover the lid and cook up to 3 whistles.
Step 2: Remove them carefully without the water to a mixie jar and make a fine paste.
Step 3: Heat a skillet and pour the paste. Also, add ½ tsp each of salt and black pepper powder along with ½ cup of water. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes over a medium flame. Finally, add 1 tbsp of finely chopped pieces of only the green part of spring onions to it. Mix well.
Step 4: The soup is ready. Transfer it to a soup bowl. Garnish it with a little bit of finely chopped spring onions and crushed black pepper as required and enjoy.
Step 5: Your tasty and healthy lauki soup is ready. Serve it as is or with bread toast.
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Lauki Soup (Bottle Gourd Soup)
Ingredients
To boil lauki:
- 2 cups bottle gourd skin removed, cut into small pieces
- 1 piece onion medium size, sliced finely
- 4 cloves garlic peeled, whole
- Coriander stems a few
- 2 cups water
To cook the soup:
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- ½ cup water
- 1 tbsp spring onion green part, finely chopped
For garnishing the lauki soup:
- Spring onion finely chopped, as required
- Black pepper crushed, as required
Instructions
- Take 2 cups of bottle gourd (skin removed, cut into small pieces), 1 piece of onion (medium size, sliced finely), 4 garlic cloves (peeled, whole), a few coriander stems, and 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker. Cover the lid and cook up to 3 whistles.
- Remove them carefully without the water to a mixie jar and make a fine paste.
- Heat a skillet and pour the paste. Also, add ½ tsp each of salt and black pepper powder along with ½ cup of water. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes over a medium flame. Finally, add 1 tbsp of finely chopped pieces of only the green part of spring onions to it. Mix well.
- The soup is ready. Transfer it to a soup bowl. Garnish it with a little bit of finely chopped spring onions and crushed black pepper as required and enjoy.
- Your tasty and healthy lauki soup is ready. Serve it as is or with bread toast.
