Spiced citrus bean soup
Reduced-fat coconut milk gives a lovely creaminess to this soup, but keeps it light
Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 15 mins
Cook 35 mins
Vegetarian
- Video tutorial: Making soup
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Gently cook the onions and carrots for 15 mins until soft and golden. Add garam masala and ginger, then cook for 1 min more.
- Add the orange juice and stock, then bring to the boil. Simmer for 10 mins until the carrots are tender, then stir in the coconut milk. Using a stick blender, purée until smooth, then add the beans. Bring to a simmer, scatter over coriander and serve.
Coconut & almond naans
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Mix 2 tbsp desiccated coconut, 50g flaked almonds and 1 tsp garam masala into 50g softened butter. Spread over 4 mini naans. Put onto a baking sheet, then bake for 10 mins until golden.
PER SERVING (WITHOUT NAANS)
261 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 31g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 9g, salt 1.15 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2009.
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 15 mins
Cook 35 mins
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 onions , sliced
- 450g carrots , roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- finger-length of fresh root ginger , grated
- juice 1 orange
- 1l vegetable stock
- 200ml can reduced-fat coconut milk
- 410g can mixed beans , drained, rinsed
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander
PER SERVING (WITHOUT NAANS)
261 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 31g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 9g, salt 1.15 g





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