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Volume I · Aug 5

Monsoon Clear Vegetable Soup with Ghee Rice

AugustDinner
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

Ingredients for 4 servings
DoneIngredientHousehold measureQuantity (4 servings)Café batch ×5
Ghee (cow)1 tbsp15 g75 g
Ginger, fresh1 tbsp grated15 g75 g
Cumin (jeera)¼ tsp1 g5 g
Carrot1 small, fine dice80 g400 g
French beans8, fine60 g300 g
Cabbage½ cup shredded60 g300 g
Sweet corn kernels⅓ cup kernels50 g250 g
Bottle gourd (lauki)¾ cup diced100 g500 g
Water4 cups1000 ml5000 ml
Black pepper½ tsp1 g5 g
Rock salt (sendha namak)¾ tsp3.5 g17.5 g
Lemon juice2 tsp10 ml50 ml
Coriander leaves1 tbsp5 g25 g
Rice, white basmati (raw)¾ cup + 1 tbsp160 g800 g
Water2⅔ cups (rice)640 ml3200 ml
Ghee (cow)2 tsp (rice)10 g50 g

Method

How to cook it

  1. Step 1: Heat ghee; add ginger and cumin for 30 seconds.

  2. Step 2: Add finely chopped vegetables; sauté 3 minutes.

  3. Step 3: Add water; simmer 15 minutes until soft.

  4. Step 4: Season with pepper and salt; lemon off the heat.

  5. 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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