Kumara and Pumpkin Soup

Modified from Digby Law's Soup Cookbook

• Ready In: 1 hr 45 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 2  onions
• 1  teaspoon minced garlic clove
• 1⁄2 teaspoon curry powder
• 1  tablespoon canola oil
• 200  g bacon
• 1  kg pumpkin
• 400  g kumara (sweet potato, 1 large one)
• 400  g potatoes
• 5  cups water
• 1⁄2 cup red lentil
• 1  tablespoon salt
• 4  tablespoons light coconut cream

Directions

1. Chop and saute onions, garlic, curry powder in oil.
2. Add chopped bacon.
3. Add cubed peeled pumpkin, potatoes, kumara.
4. Add water and lentils.
5. Simmer 45 mins.
6. Puree.
7. Add salt and coconut cream.