Gundruk soup

What is Gundruk?

Gundruk is fermentation of leafy vegetables. Gundruk soup is very popular dish of Himalaya and hilly regions of Nepal. This dish is mostly cooked in winter season. There are many different ways to cook Gundruk soup.

Gundruk

Gundruk Soup

Gundruk soup is prepared by boiling Gunruk with ingredients like tomato, onion, ginger and garlic. Where as black beans and boiled potato are optional. Now a days people use corn flour to make soup thick. I love Gundruk soup with rice in winter season.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Nepali
Servings 3 people

Equipment

  • 1 Cooking Vessel

Ingredients
  

  • 100 grams Gundruk
  • 50 grams black beans
  • 1 medium sized Onion
  • 1 medium sized tomato
  • 2 Green chili
  • 1 tsp Ginger
  • 1 tsp Garlic
  • 1 tsp Chili powder
  • .5 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin powder
  • 1 tbsp Mustard oil

Instructions
 

  • First of all heat frying pan and roast black beans until they cracks. You can roast also by greasing frying pan with oil. Keep aside roasted beans.
  • Heat cooking oil in a cooking pan.
  • When oil is heated add finely chopped onion and green chili and stir for 2-3 minutes.
  • Now add finely chopped tomato and salt. Salt promotes to melt tomato.
  • Add remaining ingredients like turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and chili powder. Pour 3 cup of water.
  • After pouring water immediately add gundruk.
  • Boil it for 10 times in medium flame.
  • After 10 minutes uncover cooking pan and garnish with finely chopped fresh coriander leaves. Your gundruk is ready to serve.

Notes

Gundruk soup with rice.
You can cook Gundruk soup by adding boiled potatoes and to make thick soup you can add corn flour. You can eat Gundruk soup with plain rice. You can adjust quantity of tomatoes in accordance with sourness of Gundruk. Here you cook Gundruk soup in Nepali traditional way. Enjoy with your family and friends.
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