Spicy Pumpkin Soup

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