Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup
Total Time
25 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
15 minutes
Rating
4.91 out of 5 stars
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Ingredients
5 servings
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil (or other oil)
- 1 brown onion (, diced)
- 2 garlic cloves (, finely minced)
- 3 tbsp Thai red curry paste (, Maesri recommended (Note 1)
- 1.8kg/ 3.6 lb pumpkin or butternut squash ( - peeled, deseeded then chopped into 3cm / 1.2" chunks (~1.3 kg/2.6 lb) (Note 2)
- 2 1/2 cups vegetable stock (, salt reduced (or chicken stock)
- 400ml/ 14 oz (1 can) coconut milk, (full fat, best quality (Note 3)
- 1 tbsp fish sauce (sub light or regular soy sauce, Note 4)
- Crispy Asian shallots (, highly recommended (Note 5)
- Red cayenne pepper (, finely sliced)
- Fresh coriander leaves
- Roti (the flaky kind), frozen, pan fried - for dunking (SO GOOD!) - Note 6)
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Preparation
Step 1
Sauté - Heat oil in a large heavy based pot over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic, cook for 2 minutes until soft.
Step 2
Add curry paste and cook for 2 minutes.
Step 3
Add pumpkin and stir to coat in the flavours for around 2 minutes.
Step 4
Simmer 8 minutes - Set aside 1/4 cup coconut milk for garnish. Add stock, remaining coconut milk and fish sauce. Bring to simmer then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 8 minutes until the pumpkin is soft.
Step 5
Blitz using stick blender until smooth.
Step 6
Serve topped with garnishes. Dunk in roti. Enjoy!
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