A simple spicy soup made with Thai seasoning and thai curry paste.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups pumpkin pieces (cut into pieces)
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 tbsp Red Curry Paste (See ingredients below)
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 2 cups water
- 2 tspns Thai Seasoning (Dried Mix Herbs)
- 1 tbspn corriander (finely chopped)
- 1 tbsp oil
- salt to taste
For Thai Red Curry Paste
- 1 chopped onion
- 8-10 Kashmiri red chilles,
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp ginger (grated)
- 2 lemongrass stalks
- 2 tbspn chopped coriander
- 2 tbspns Dhana-jeera powder(corriande-cumin powder)
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tspns soy sauce
- 2 tspn fresh lime juice
- 1 tsp salt
To make Spicy Pumpkin Soup :
- Heat the oil in a pan
- Add finely chopped onion
- Fry onion till it becomes transulent
- Add red curry paste to the fried onions
- (Red curry paste recipe given below)
- Again fry the mixture till oil is separated
- After thai curry paste is cooked add Thai seasoning
- Add pumpkin pieces, coconut milk and water
- Cover with the pan with lid
- Allow the pumpkin to cook for till the pumpkin is tender
- Transfer the mixture into a blender
- Blend the mixture till it becomes soft puree
- Add finely chopped basil leaves and salt
- Heat the mixture for few minutes
- Garnished it with chopped coriander
To make Thai Red Curry Paste :
- soak red chillies in warm water for 10 minutes
- Transfer all the ingredients in blender
- Add small quantity of water to facilitate blending
- Grind it to paste
- Store in an airtight container in refrigerator
Note :
You may add boiled pumpkin pieces to the soup
Recipe Contributed By:
Amarendra Mulye
Mumbai
India
Time Taken: 30 minutes