Bottle Gourd Soup...perfect for a cold wet day!

So Bangalore is facing the after-effects of Cyclone Vardah and while we are all complaining the chill in the weather, I reckon it is the perfect time to have some soup to warm up! 

The stuff required to make the bottle gourd soup

1medium sized bottle gourd-peeled

Onion-2-chopped

Tomato 2-chopped

Half inch ginger, crushed

2-3 cloves of garlic

1 tablespoon of oil (can use olive or any other)

1/4th teaspoon turmeric powder

1 teaspoon coriander powder

Lemon juice-1 tablespoon

Ground pepper and salt to taste

In a pressure cooker add a little oil and then the cut vegetables and the spices mentioned. Saute the same for a couple of minutes. Add a cup of water and pressure cook for upto 3 whistles. Once this gets cooled grind it in a mixie and strain this. 

The sieved liquid can be boiled after adding lemon juice and serve it hot with some freshly ground ground pepper and salt (as per taste)