Pumpkin Soup

Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients

Pumpkin (Halloween variety) – 250 gms

Garlic flakes – 2 or 3

Salt – to taste

Pepper powder – ½ tsp

Fresh basil leaves – 3 or 4

Skim milk – ¼ cup

Method

Apply a bit of olive to the pumpkin pieces

Grill it for 30 min

Pressure cook it along with the garlic flakes Cool it and puree

Add milk, little water, shredded basil leaves, salt and pepper

Heat it

Serve hot

Health Benefits of pumpkin

One of the very low calorie vegetables

Has high level of vitamin A

Also rich in vitamins C and E

Excellent source of antioxidants like Zea-xanthin which offers protection from "age-related macular diseases

Good source of B-complex group of vitamins