Thai pumpkin soup
By James Martin
Cooking time
Prep: 25 mins Cook: 40 minsSkill level
EasyServings
Serves 6Make the most of autumn's harvest with this warming, seasonal soup
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 192
- protein
- 4g
- carbs
- 11g
- fat
- 15g
- saturates
- 10g
- fibre
- 4g
- sugar
- 9g
- salt
- 0.94g
Ingredients
- 1½ kg pumpkin or squash, peeled and roughly chopped
- 4 tsp sunflower oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 lemongrass, bashed a little
- 3-4 tbsp Thai red curry paste
- 400ml can coconut milk
- 850ml vegetable stock
- lime juice and sugar, for seasoning
- 1 red chilli, sliced, to serve (optional)
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Method
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Toss the pumpkin or squash in a roasting tin with half the oil and seasoning, then roast for 30 mins until golden and tender.
- Meanwhile, put the remaining oil in a pan with the onion, ginger and lemongrass. Gently cook for 8-10 mins until softened. Stir in the curry paste for 1 min, followed by the roasted pumpkin, all but 3 tbsp of the coconut milk and the stock. Bring to a simmer, cook for 5 mins, then fish out the lemongrass. Cool for a few mins, then whizz until smooth with a hand blender, or in a large blender in batches. Return to the pan to heat through, seasoning with salt, pepper, lime juice and sugar, if it needs it. Serve drizzled with the remaining coconut milk and scattered with chilli, if you like.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2010
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
I made a few changes:
-omitted the curry paste (sick and tired of buying expensive pastes that go mouldy before I get a chance to use them again)
-used squash instead of pumpkin
-added 2 garlic cloves
-used light coconut milk
-added lime zest as well as the juice
-and added the chilli before blending.Absolutely delicious- good flavours and a velvety smooth texture. Will definitely make this again!
I accidentally bought something called a Red Kuri Squash (or Hokkaido here in Germany), and decided to try the soup anyway. Unlike the picture it turned out bright orange, and very sweet. It definitely needed some lime juice to freshen it up a bit - but was very tasty. I would give it five stars, but it was a little too rich for my liking.
Next time I will try to make it with actual pumpkin and see if it improves!
Very, very tasty.
I made my own thai curry paste, it's very easy and tastes so much better than shop bought http://thaifood.about.com/od/thaicurrypasterecipes/r/redpaste.htm
