How much cooking time?

30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Gundruk Soup

Name: Gundruk Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: West Bengal Indian
Ingredients: 2tbsp Coriander Leaves; 60g onion; 100g Tomato; 40g Gundruk (Fermented Leafy Green - Sikkim/Northeast); salt; 0.5cup Water; 2tbsp Mustard Oil

Tangy fermented leafy-green (gundruk) soup simmered with onion, tomato and green chilli. Probiotic-rich Nepali hill staple eaten in Darjeeling and Sikkim.

Time 30 min · Serves 4 · 77 kcal · Darjeeling, West Bengal

Ingredients

Garnish

Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)

Main

onion — 60 g (chopped)
Tomato — 100 g (chopped)
Gundruk (Fermented Leafy Green - Sikkim/Northeast) — 40 g (chopped)
salt (optional) (whole)
Water — 0.5 cup (whole)

Tempering

Mustard Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Wash and prepare all ingredients for Gundruk Soup. Chop vegetables, marinate protein if needed.
Cook the main ingredient with water, spices, and seasoning.
Adjust salt and spices. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve hot.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Gundruk Soup?: 77 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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