
Healthiest white soup
Healthiest vegetable soup that you will ever make. Just a simple harmony of all white vegetables that comes together beautifully with a generous squirt of lemon!
I call it white soup because all ingredients that go in this recipe are white! Also because if I named it bottle gourd or ash gourd soup, my family won’t relish it as much as they do it now.
A very simple recipe that is quick to make and so delicious. In our family, we enjoy this soup with a generous squirt of lemon juice. However, here are some other ways you can make the soup more ‘interesting’

- Slice the cabbage (again a white ingredient) into superfine strips. And just before you serve, dip those strips in an ice-cold water for few minutes. Remove, drain and garnish it on the hot soup and serve immediately. It is like eating crispy ‘noodles’ on a hot soup.
- Instead of blending the veggies with the water, use cream or milk for a ‘creamier’ soup
- You can also use butter garlic noodles as garnish on the soup for a heartier meal. To make butter garlic noodles, cook noodles as instructed on the packet. Then in a pan, heat some butter, toss the noodles with some mashed garlic and salt + pepper. Cook for few minutes and there, you have quick butter garlic noodles to have it with the healthiest soup!
This soup can also be made in instant pot or even on a stove top. It is extremely easy, healthy and delicious.
I have used a combination of white vegetables like bottle gourd (lauki), ash gourd (petha) and chayote (chow chow) with granny smith apples simply because apples not add a lot of flavour to the soup but a bit of a tang as well. Bottle gourd and other vegetables are extremely versatile and adopt to the flavours and therefore in this soup, besides the usual aromatics like onion and garlic, tart apples play a huge role as well.
In case of substitution, I have used snake gourd, pear quite successfully in this recipe. However, other white vegetables like cauliflower make the soup quite chunky so unless you prefer a chunky soup, I would recommend choosing a vegetable that is more ‘watery’ in nature.
If you liked this recipe, you may want to have a look at some of these too.
- Fada ni khichdi (dalia khichdi)
- Vegetarian thukpa – noodles in spicy broth
- Jowar vada (sorghum fritters) with moringa leaves
- 10 minute bajra-jowar dosa (millet crepes)
- Creamy and healthy broccoli soup
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AUTHOR
Hema B Kathrani
CUISINE
Indian
PREP TIME
10 minutes
COOK TIME
20-25 minutes
SERVINGS
serves 4
Author: Hema B Kathrani | Cuisine: Indian | Category: Healthy Options
Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook Time: 20-25 minutes | Servings: serves 4
Healthiest vegetable soup that you will ever make. Just a simple harmony of all white vegetables that comes together beautifully with a generous squirt of lemon!
Ingredients
- 500 gm bottle gourd (lauki), peeled and cut in cubes
- 250 gm ash gourd (petha), peeled and cut in cubes
- 1 chayote (chow chow), peeled and cut in cubes
- 1 medium sized potato *read notes
- 2 granny smith apples, cut in slices/cubes
- 1 garlic
- 1 white onion cut in cubes
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Lemon juice to garnish
- Finely cut sliced green chilies marinated in lemon and salt *optional
Method
- In a pressure cooker, combine bottle gourd, ash gourd, chayote, potato, granny smith apples, garlic, white onion with 1 glass of water.
- Cook on a high flame for 4 whistles.
- Once the pressure cooker has cooled completely, open the lid and mix all the ingredients well.
- Blend the veggies in a soup, adding water as necessary to bring it to the consistency you prefer.
- Adjust the seasoning.
- Garnish with a generous squirt of lemon juice, marinated sliced green chilies and enjoy.
Notes
- You can do the soup on the stove top as well.
- This soup stays well in the fridge for 3-4 days.
- To make this soup in Instant pot, combine all vegetables in the pot, seal lid and cook on the manual setting for 8 minutes. Naturally release pressure, stir and blend into a soup.
- Potato gives body to the soup, however it is optional if you want to avoid. I have made this soup even without a potato and it is thinner in consistency but still delicious.
- To marinate the sliced chilies, deseed the chilies and chop them finely. Add salt and lemon juice and leave it for few hours to marinate. Use as needed.
- In case of substitution, I have used snake gourd, pear quite successfully in this recipe. However, other white vegetables like cauliflower make the soup quite chunky so unless you prefer a chunky soup, I would recommend choosing a vegetable that is more ‘watery’ in nature.
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