Spinach Soup

Spinach soup recipe is one of the light and healthy vegetable soups for the people who love green vegetables. Palak soup recipe is a perfect healthy recipe for pregnant ladies. It supplements required iron content for the body.

Ingredients:

Spinach (chopped) – 3 cups

Cucumber (chopped) – 1 cup

Butter – 1 tsp.

Ginger paste – 1/2 tsp.

Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp.

Water 3 ½ – cups

Lemon juice – 2 tsp.

Black pepper powder – 1/2 tsp.

Salt to taste

Method:

• Peel the cucumber, on other hand clean spinach.
• Put both of them into a saucepan along with water.
• Cook under medium heat until tender or pressure cook until one whistle
• Let it cool, blend them both to a smooth paste in an electric blender.
• On other hand heat butter in a pan, add cumin powder, ginger paste, black pepper powder and salt.
• Add the paste of cucumber-spinach and little lemon juice.
• Cook further for around 5-6 minutes on medium heat.
• Spinach soup is ready. Serve hot.

Nutritional facts:

• Spinach contains a substance that helps to prevent thickening and hardening of arteries.
• It help stabilize blood sugar among diabetics.
• It is filled with antioxidant and anti-cancer agent.
• It is an anti-aging vegetable.
• It has rich sources of iron, vitamin C and A
• The cooling, diuretic and cleansing property of cucumber is good for skin.
• Cucumber contains Erepsin, the enzyme that helps in protein digestion.
• Butter is a good source of anti-oxidants
• Butter is a good source of Vitamin D, E, K, selenium
• Ginger has long been used as a natural heartburn remedy
• Lemon is abundantly filled with vitamin C, it treats infections like tonsillitis, asthma and sore throat.
• Regular consumption of lemon juice is good for liver and helps in digestion.