• Chop carrots roughly in bite size cubes. When using red carrots discard the inside hard part.
• Chop other vegetables (onion, ginger, garlic).
• Zest the orange and squeeze out it's juice. This step is optional. but I suggest you to try it.
  Zest of 1 Orange, Juice of 1 orange
• Heat oil in a pan, add bay leaf, then add ginger garlic and chopped onions and saute till onions start turning light pink.
  ½"-1" Fresh Ginger, 4-5 Garlic Cloves, 1 tbsp Olive Oil, 1 Bay Leaf, 1 small Onion
• Then add carrots, saute for while, add cumin powder and garam masala. As chilli powder as required.
  4 Carrots, 1 tsp Cumin Powder, ½ tsp Garam Masala, Chilli Powder/Paprika (as required)
• Add orange zest, orange juice, vegetable stock/water, cover the pan and cook for about 10 mins. or till the carrots are tender.
  Juice of 1 orange, Vegetable Stock/Water, Zest of 1 Orange
• Take out the bay leaf before pureeing the vegetable.
• Cool it a bit then puree it in a blender or use a hand held blender.
• Transfer the pureed soup back in the pan and cook it again for a while.
• Sprinkle freshly ground black pepper and serve hot topped with herbs of your choice.
  Freshly ground Black Pepper, Fresh Dill/Cilantro/Rosemary

How to make Carrot Soup in Instant Pot

• To make switch on the SAUTE MODE for 5 mins. Heat oil and then saute ginger garlic onions till onions turn light pink.

  Add all the other ingredients along with vegetable stock. Cancel the SAUTE MODE and then set the Pressure Cook Mode for 10 mins. Cook and then let the pressure release naturally.

  Let it cool a bit then puree the carrots. Cook again for 2-3 mins and then serve hot.

How to make Carrot Soup in Indian style Pressure Cooker

• Follow all the steps of sautéing onion, ginger garlic and then adding the chopped carrots, spices, vegetable stock, orange juice and zest. Then close the lid and cook till 2-3 whistle. Let the pressure release naturally. Puree the soup once it is a bit cool. Then cook it again for 2-3 mins. and serve hot.

To make Oil Free Carrot Ginger soup

• Skip sauteeing onions, ginger and garlic. Add all the ingredients all at one time and cook carrots till tender and soft. Puree using a blender or immersion blender.