- Serves
- 4
- Portion
- 200 ml
- Time
- 25 min
- Texture
- Smooth
- Season
- Monsoon
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Kapha-mild
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (4 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet corn kernels | 1¾ cups kernels | 250 g | 1250 g | |
| Carrot | ½ small | 50 g | 250 g | |
| French beans | 4 | 30 g | 150 g | |
| Ginger, fresh | 1½ tsp | 8 g | 40 g | |
| Water | 3⅓ cups | 800 ml | 4000 ml | |
| Rice flour | 1 tbsp (thickening) | 10 g | 50 g | |
| Ghee (cow) | 1½ tsp | 8 g | 40 g | |
| Black pepper | ¼ tsp | 0.5 g | 2.5 g | |
| Rock salt (sendha namak) | ½ tsp | 3 g | 15 g | |
| Coriander leaves | 1 tbsp | 5 g | 25 g |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Blend 150 g corn with 200 ml water; strain.
Step 2: Sauté ginger, carrot, beans in ghee 2 minutes; add remaining corn and water; simmer 8 minutes.
Step 3: Add strained corn liquid; thicken with rice flour slurry.
Step 4: Season; garnish.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
91kcal
Energy
2.5g
Protein
3g
Fat
16.1g
Carbohydrate
2.5g
Fibre
0.8g
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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