Ingredients

• Red Pumpkin - 1/2 Kg
• Potato - 1 (Small)
• Onion -1 (Medium)
• Garlic - 2 Flakes
• Butter - 1 tbsp
• Milk - 1 Cup (Low-fat)
• Ground nutmeg - A pinch
• Freshly ground Black Pepper
• Salt to taste
• Chopped parsley for garnishing.

How to Make Red Pumpkin Soup

• Wash, remove the skin and the seeds from the pumpkin and cut into cubes.
• Wash the potato and cook it with the pumpkin cubes in a pressure cooker.
• Remove the skin of the cooked potato and chop it into cubes.
• Chop the onion lengthwise.
• Chop the garlic finely.
• Heat butter in a saucepan and add garlic, fry for a minute on a slow fire without browning.
• Then add the chopped onion, fry till light brown.
• Next add the cooked pumpkin and potato cubes, fry for 2 minutes.
• Then grind the pumpkin mixture into a fine paste.
• Transfer the ground paste back to the saucepan, add some water, salt, pepper and nutmeg powder. (If you like it, you may add a little paprika for taste)
• Boil for a minute, add cold milk and bring it to a boil.
• Serve hot in a bowl garnished with butter and chopped parsley along with green salad and bread.