If you want to improve gut health and control weight, then include bottle gourd in your diet. Bottle gourd is light and rich in water, hence it is considered beneficial for health. Let us tell you, Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor also eats bottle gourd with great enthusiasm. She consumes a lot of bottle gourd vegetables and soup in her diet. So, if you also want to keep yourself healthy and fit, then you can make bottle gourd soup a part of your diet. Note down the recipe
Method 1- Method of making bottle gourd soup
To make bottle gourd soup, first wash a bottle gourd in water, peel it and then cut it into pieces. Now add bottle gourd, tomato, half cup soaked moong dal, six cloves of garlic and water in a pressure cooker. Turn on the gas and leave it to cook. After three whistles, turn off the gas and remove the lid from the cooker. Now remove the peel of tomato. And now put all the ingredients in a blender jar and grind them. Take out the soup in a bowl and then add salt and pepper as per taste. Garnish with fresh coriander on top. Your hot bottle gourd soup is ready.
Second method – Method of making bottle gourd soup
To make bottle gourd soup, first wash the bottle gourd thoroughly with water. After that peel the bottle gourd and chop it finely. Now put bottle gourd, some water and salt in the cooker. After this, close the cooker and let it whistle for 5-6 whistles. After that, when the whistle goes out, mash the bottle gourd lightly. Now, add one spoon of desi ghee in a pan. After this add half spoon cumin seeds in it. After that immediately add boiled bottle gourd in it. Now add salt as per taste and cook for about 2 minutes. If you want, you can also add some black pepper to it for taste. Your bottle gourd soup is ready.
Benefits of drinking bottle gourd soup
Drinking bottle gourd soup can provide many health benefits. Being rich in fiber, it improves gut health. Actually, it is rich in water and light and hence gets easily digested. Besides, bottle gourd does not contain many calories, hence drinking soup helps in controlling weight easily. Bottle gourd is also helpful in controlling bad cholesterol which improves heart health.