Spiced citrus bean soup

Spiced citrus bean soup

Reduced-fat coconut milk gives a lovely creaminess to this soup, but keeps it light

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

  1. Video tutorial: Making soup

Method

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
Try

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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    11 March 2009

    Lou rated this recipe

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  • 12 March 2009

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This has the potential to be a really nice soup, but as the recipe stands it is too thin, I had to put two tins of pulses in to give it more substance and when I do it again I would reduce the amount of stock to about 750ml.

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    Did not enjoy this at all

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  • 27 May 2009

    silnarnin rated and commented on this recipe

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    Loved it! And it freezes well too. It's another one for the binder.

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  • 04 October 2009

    nicky wake rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    i love this soup its healthy, warming and light i make it all the time its great to take in flask to work. mmmmmmmmm

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Ingredients

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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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