Carrot Soup, Gajar Soup Recipe
by Tarla Dalal
healthy carrot soup recipe | carrot and yellow moong dal soup | Indian style creamy carrot soup | easy healthy gajar ka soup | with 12 amazing images.
healthy carrot soup is an antioxidant filled soup for one and all. Learn how to make Indian style creamy carrot soup.
To make healthy carrot soup, combine the carrots, onions, moong dal and ¼ cup of water in a pressure cooker, mix well and pressure cook for 4 whistles. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Keep aside to cool completely. Once cooled, transfer the mixture into a mixer and blend to a smooth purée. Transfer the mixture into a deep non-stick pan, add the milk, ½ cup of water, salt and pepper, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Serve hot.
This mildly-flavoured zero oil carrot and yellow moong dal soup is an ideal start to a light dinner. Carrots have a large amount of vitamin A, an excellent antioxidant that cleanses your body of free-radicals.
Prepared with low-fat milk, this easy healthy gajar ka soup features surprisingly low on the calorie meter too. Those aiming trimmed waistlines and looking forward to maintaining a healthy heart, can include this nourishing soup in their meals. The quercetin in onions will further promote production of HDL (good cholesterol) and lower total cholesterol in the body.
Thickened smartly with protein-rich moong dal, and flavoured with onions and black pepper, the Indian style creamy carrot soup is indeed a very tasty way to stay young and energetic. The moong dal is also a good source of calcium and phosphorus – the twin pillars of our bones. Not being strained, this soup lends 3.8 g fibre per serving too! That’s an additional health boost.
Enjoy healthy carrot soup recipe | carrot and yellow moong dal soup | Indian style creamy carrot soup | easy healthy gajar ka soup | with step by step photos and recipe below.
Carrot Soup, Gajar Soup Recipe recipe - How to make Carrot Soup, Gajar Soup Recipe
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Makes 4 servings
For Carrot Soup
2 cups chopped carrot
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 tbsp yellow moong dal (split yellow gram) , washed and drained
3/4 cup low fat milk
salt and to taste
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- Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Keep aside to cool completely.
- Once cooled, transfer the mixture into a mixer and blend to a smooth purée.
- Transfer the mixture into a deep non-stick pan, add the milk, ½ cup of water, salt and pepper,mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
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Method for healthy carrot soup
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To make healthy carrot soup recipe | carrot and yellow moong dal soup | Indian style creamy carrot soup | easy healthy gajar ka soup | put the carrots in a pressure cooker. Carrots have the nutrient Beta Carotene which is a form of Vitamin A, helps prevent deterioration of the eye as one gets older and prevents night blindness. Carrot is great for the eyes.They relieve constipation, lower blood pressure, have fibre and lower cholesterol.
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Add the chopped onions.
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Add the yellow moong dal.
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Add 1/4 cup of water and mix well.
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Pressure cook for 4 whistles.
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Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Keep aside to cool completely.
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A faster way to cool the carrot soup mixture is to place it in a stainless steel plate under a fan. This is an optional tip.
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Once cooled, transfer the mixture into a mixer.
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Blend to a smooth purée.
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Transfer the mixture into a deep non-stick pan.
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Add the low fat milk. If not on a diet, then you can have regular milk. Milk and Low Fat Milk benefits : 1 cup of milk provides 70% of the Recommended Daily Allowance of Calcium. Milk promotes strong bones. The Calcium in Milk helps to protect your teeth against gum disease and keeps your jaw bone strong and healthy. Milk is low in carbs and therefore does not raise blood glucose levels.
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Add 1/2 cup of water.
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Add pepper.
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Add salt to taste.
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Cook healthy carrot soup | carrot and yellow moong dal soup | Indian style creamy carrot soup | easy healthy gajar ka soup | on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
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Serve the healthy carrot soup | carrot and yellow moong dal soup | Indian style creamy carrot soup | easy healthy gajar ka soup | hot.
Low calorie healthy soup
Health Benefits of Carrot Soup
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Multivitamin Carrot Soup - for healthy heart, diabetes and weight loss.
- This healthy carrot soup is a storehouse of vitamin A, which works as an antioxidant to add glow to your skin and build immune cells.
- With 71 calories and 0.2 g of fat, it is the perfect choice for weight watchers who yearn for a tasty soup minus too many calories.
- The use of moong dal adds thickness to the soup along with protein, which satiates you for a long time.
- Moong dal is also a good source of vitamin B1, a nutrient necessary for energy metabolism.
- We have not strained the soup, so most of its fibre is intact. This helps to cleanse the system and prevent constipation.
| Energy | 71 cal |
| Protein | 3.1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 14 g |
| Fiber | 3.8 g |
| Fat | 0.2 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Vitamin A | 1550.9 mcg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.1 mg |
| Vitamin B2 | 0 mg |
| Vitamin B3 | 0.6 mg |
| Vitamin C | 4.1 mg |
| Folic Acid | 17.4 mcg |
| Calcium | 128.2 mg |
| Iron | 1 mg |
| Magnesium | 25.8 mg |
| Phosphorus | 426.1 mg |
| Sodium | 47.8 mg |
| Potassium | 144.4 mg |
| Zinc | 0.4 mg |
Would like to make your carrot soup. But as I am new to cooking with a pressure pot (Prestige 5,5 l, stainless steel), I am still quite insecure when using it. Now, I am wondering, if the 1/4 cup of water (together with the 2 cups of carrots, 1/2 cup of onions and 1tblsp of dal, as stated in you recipe) is enough liquid for my 5,5 l pot? Is my pot maybe too large to follow this recipe? Should I increase the amount of water to a total of 1 cup? Please advise. Thank you
Hi! Just wondering if this soup is good to freeze? I have a friend preparing for radiation and want to have some soups prepared for her and this one looks delicious!
I have tired. It is good. But instead of onion what options ?
Edited after original posting.
Lajawab healthy soup
Just made it for dinner... nice thick creamy soup without calories.... must try
Thick carrot soup... perfect for weight watchers...the soup is not strained hence i just love this recipe...
Healthy and tasty.. Its the perfect description for this soup..