Spicy Pumpkin Soup
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 29.58 ml butter
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 kg fresh pumpkin (chopped away from the skin, and cut into small pieces)
- 450 g floury potatoes (peeled and chopped into small pieces)
- 2 cm piece fresh ginger (peeled and very finely chopped)
- 1-2 thai bird's eye chile, 2 makes it very hot, use only 1 if you want something more mild (de-seeded and very finely chopped)
- 9.85 ml ground coriander
- 4.92 ml turmeric
- 1000.0 ml vegetable broth
- salt and pepper
- 100 g creme fraiche
- 7.39 ml cayenne pepper
- 14.79-29.58 ml lemon juice
- 2 green onions, finely chopped
- 118.29 ml roasted pumpkin seeds
directions
- Melt butter in a large pot on medium heat and add onions and garlic until onion is clarified.
- Add pumpkin, potatoes, ginger, and chilis, stir and cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add coriander and turmeric and stir and cook about 30 seconds.
- Add vegetable broth, a couple dashes of salt and pepper and bring to a boil and cook on high heat for 15 minutes.
- Remove about 100 ml (a bit more than a 1/3 of a cup) of the veggies and set aside.
- Remove the remaining soup from the heat and puree it with a hand blender.
- Add creme fraiche, cayenne pepper, lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
- Return the non-pureed veggies, stir and serve topped with the roasted pumpkin seeds and green onions.
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