
- Serves
- 4
- Portion
- 250 ml soup + 150 g rice
- Time
- Cook 30 min
- Texture
- Soft vegetables in broth
- Season
- MonsoonAugust
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Light, warming
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (4 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghee (cow) | 1 tbsp | 15 g | 75 g | |
| Ginger, fresh | 1 tbsp grated | 15 g | 75 g | |
| Cumin (jeera) | ¼ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Carrot | 1 small, fine dice | 80 g | 400 g | |
| French beans | 8, fine | 60 g | 300 g | |
| Cabbage | ½ cup shredded | 60 g | 300 g | |
| Sweet corn kernels | ⅓ cup kernels | 50 g | 250 g | |
| Bottle gourd (lauki) | ¾ cup diced | 100 g | 500 g | |
| Water | 4 cups | 1000 ml | 5000 ml | |
| Black pepper | ½ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Rock salt (sendha namak) | ¾ tsp | 3.5 g | 17.5 g | |
| Lemon juice | 2 tsp | 10 ml | 50 ml | |
| Coriander leaves | 1 tbsp | 5 g | 25 g | |
| Rice, white basmati (raw) | ¾ cup + 1 tbsp | 160 g | 800 g | |
| Water | 2⅔ cups (rice) | 640 ml | 3200 ml | |
| Ghee (cow) | 2 tsp (rice) | 10 g | 50 g |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Heat ghee; add ginger and cumin for 30 seconds.
Step 2: Add finely chopped vegetables; sauté 3 minutes.
Step 3: Add water; simmer 15 minutes until soft.
Step 4: Season with pepper and salt; lemon off the heat.
Step 5: Rice: cook soft; stir in ghee.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
232kcal
Energy
4.4g
Protein
6.8g
Fat
39.4g
Carbohydrate
2.7g
Fibre
0.9g
Salt
Where the energy comes from
Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g
Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.
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