Monday, September 27, 2010

Pumpkin corn soup

The colorful autumn season and pumpkin are inseparable. To welcome this season I am publishing a post lying on my draft for a long time. This pumpkin soup is a pureed version of soup with sweet corn to munch on. I personally love this soup very much during cold weather, when we get pumpkin in abundance.

I coined this recipe after tasting it in a friend's home. I was much attracted to this colorful soup topped with a chunk of sweet corn. Its purely inspired by Archana's mom's lovely pumpkin soup.
Thanks Nalini Aunty!

Her procedure doesn't call for any apple. But I add tart apples for a more sharp taste. So it is optional to add apples here.




Ingredients:
Sweet pumpkin - 1 cup (chopped)
(1 long piece is enough)
Any tart apple - 1/2 cup
Sweet corn - 1/4 cup
Sweet corn cob (boiled and sliced) - 1 or 2
onion - 1/2
black pepper - 1 tsp
cumin - 1 tsp
green chillies - 1
butter - 1 tbsp
salt - to taste

Method:
Heat butter in a wok. Saute the sliced onion till it wilts. Take out and add the pumpkin, apple, chilly and saute in the remaining grease. Let it cook a little.

Let cool and puree them in a blener with salt, pepper, cumin, chilly and sauteed onion. Transfer it to the wok and add a cup of water to get a thick soup consistency.
Add the corn kernel and cook well.
Switch off after raw smell vanishes.

Separately cook the corn cob and slice it to 3 inch pieces. Add them to the soup.

Serve the soup in a bowl topped with a piece of corn cob.

Pumpkin corn soup is ready!

Serving suggestions:
Makes 3 servings.
Adding apples is not a must.

15 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Feel like grabbing that whole bowl, tempting and filling soup..

Swathi said...

Pumpkin corn soup looks delicious Viki. I love it.

Suja Manoj said...

Yummy bowl of goodness..looks so good

Satya said...

soup looks very delicious ..very helalthy n tempting soup ...love the corn in the soup ..yummy

Satya
http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

Pushpa said...

Pumpkin and corn soup looks delicious....so yummy

Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Loved the color of the soup. Verywell made.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

புவனேஸ்வரி ராமநாதன் said...

Nice soup.

chow and chatter said...

wow cool soup

Unknown said...

Hi Viks,

Yummy soup dear..Havent made this..Do pay me a visit every now and then!!

:)

Dr.Sameena@

www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com

Sushma Mallya said...

Very unique combo for a soup but def a worth trying one...looks so good..

Ash said...

WOW!!! That corn in it appeals to me so much that I am already drooling & desperately wanna savor a corn ASAP..... ;) The prep is very interesting & new to me..... Kudos!!!!

Ash...
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

Treat and Trick said...

Healthy and yummy soup, thanks for sharing dear..

aipi said...

What a beautiful fall recipe!
Comforting n hearty..love the corn in it :)

US Masala

Pavithra Srihari said...

never even heaerd about this combo ... looks super yummy ...

Niloufer Riyaz said...

delicious soup!!! lovely

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