Spicy pumpkin soup

So in my effort to become a soup nazi a term made famous by the hit sitcom “Seinfeld” and ofcourse eating healthy I discovered hat my mother in law makes really tasty Pumpking soup. I had gone to her home and she gave a small glass of left over soup from previous night. It was so tasty that I couldn’t believe she had only that small glass of soup left. Ofcourse I asked her to make again for me and again and again . This is her recipe and I love it for its simplicity.

What do you need

1. 300 gm of orange pumpkin - peeled and chopped into 1.5 inch pieces 
2. 2 medium size onion - sliced 
3. 10 bulbs of garlic - chopped 
4. Olive oil or refined oil
5. 1 bayleaf 
6. 1 cinnamon stick
7. Seeds of 3 green or small cardamamom
8. 2 spicy green chillies
9. Pepper and salt
10. 4 cups Water and 1 cup milk 
11. Hand blender

What you need to do

1. In a pressure cooker, heat oil and add bay leaf, cinnamon and green cardamom seeds 
2. After 30 seconds add garlic and onion, cook till they are cooked and slightly brown
3. Add pumpkin and Cook for 15 mins stirring incessantly  till pumpking is cooked and brown owing to the caramelisation.
4. Add 2 cups of  water, salt and pepper as per your taste and let the pumpkins simmer for 5 mins 
5. Add 2 cups and give 1 whistle to the cooker
6. Open the cooker and removed he bay leaf and cinnamon before you blend the soup with the hand blender. ( if you are using mixie blender please make sure you strain it through a sieve)
7. Pumpkin soup is usually better thick consistency but you can add water as per you likeness
8. At the end add the 1 cup of milk to the hot soup to give it some more body

Since I am on keto diet I had my pumpkin soup with cauliflower mash and some sautéed red capsicum