- Serves
- 4
- Portion
- 220 ml
- Time
- 30 min
- Texture
- Smooth
- Season
- Monsoon
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Vata-pacifying
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (4 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin (kaddu) | 2 cups | 300 g | 1500 g | |
| Sweet corn kernels | 1 cup | 150 g | 750 g | |
| Ginger, fresh | 1½ tsp | 8 g | 40 g | |
| Water | 3 cups | 700 ml | 3500 ml | |
| Cow's milk, whole | ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp | 100 ml | 500 ml | |
| Ghee (cow) | 1½ tsp | 8 g | 40 g | |
| Cumin (jeera) | ¼ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Black pepper | ¼ tsp | 0.5 g | 2.5 g | |
| Rock salt (sendha namak) | ½ tsp | 3 g | 15 g |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Cook pumpkin, corn and ginger in water 15 minutes.
Step 2: Blend; strain out corn skins.
Step 3: Temper cumin in ghee; add soup; warm milk in at the end.
Step 4: Season.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
89kcal
Energy
2.9g
Protein
3.6g
Fat
13.7g
Carbohydrate
1.5g
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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