All Orange Pumpkin Soup | Nutrition Week | #RainbowRecipes | Dr. Debmita

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Orange foods are loaded with essential nutrients for your baby’s growth and development. In this video of Rainbow Recipe, Dr. Debmita Dutta shares a wholesome pumpkin orange soup that your baby cannot resist.

The benefits of pumpkin for babies and the benefits of orange for babies include boosting immunity, supporting eye health, and aiding digestion. 

Ingredients: 

• Pumpkin (chopped) ¼ piece 
• Tomato 1 no. 
• Onion (small) 1 no. 
• Garlic 4 cloves 
• Water (boiled and filtered) 1 cup 
• Cinnamon ¼ inch 
• Salt to taste 
• Pepper 2 corns 
• Carrots ¼ cup
• Ghee 2 tsp 
• Ginger ¼ inch 

Method:

•  Peel the pumpkin skin and chop it into small cubes.
• Do the same with the carrot.
• Rinse the chopped pumpkin and carrot under running water to wash.
• Heat ghee in a kadai and add cinnamon and pepper followed by garlic, ginger, and chopped onion.
• Once the onion turns translucent, add tomatoes and salt and cook until soft.
• Add in the pumpkin and carrot and some water and let it cook until soft.
• Let the cooked vegetables cool a bit and blend them with water.
• Add more water to adjust consistency.
• Pour the pumpkin soup into a saucepot and boil until it bubbles. Adjust salt and mix well. 
• Serve hot with bread toast. 

Try this creamy pumpkin soup for babies today and introduce your little one to the vibrant benefits of orange foods in the most delicious way possible!