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  • VEG
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 celery sticks, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled & finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
  • 500g parsnips, chopped
  • 250g carrots, chopped
  • 1 vegetable stock cube, made up to 1 litre
  • DRY
  • 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
  • DAIRY
  • 4 teaspoons cream
  • STORE
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Half tablespoon curry powder
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    Method

    • step 1

      Heat the olive oil in a pan over a medium heat. Add the chopped onion, celery sticks, garlic and grated fresh ginger and cook for about 5 minutes.
    • step 2

      Stir in the curry powder and cook for a further 5 minutes.
    • step 3

      Add the chopped parsnips and carrots and pour in the vegetable stock. Cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender; about 30 minutes.
    • step 4

      Puree the soup, in batches, adding more stock to get the right consistency. If you're freezing the soup, cool completely and freeze in airight containers for up to 3 months.
    • step 5

      To serve, reheat and drizzle each bowl with a tablespoon of cream and top each bowl with half tablespoon of the toasted pumpkin seeds.
    • step 6

      Cook's tip: To toast pumpkin seeds, place in a pan over a medium heat and dry fry until the seeds begin to pop.
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    A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.11 ratings

    Marko71

    Very nice . So in my experience of the recipe now; roast the carrots and parsnips in olive oil, salt, pepper and a few mustard seeds, then add to the rest of ingredients.

    Elizabeth Harris 2 avatar

    Elizabeth Harris 2

    A star rating of 5 out of 5.

    Absolutely yummy! Made this twice over Christmas as a starter and was slightly worried the ‘curried’ part might put off a couple of picky people - so said it was a ‘winter vegetable’ but I needn’t have worried - everyone loved it! Making more now!

    stevemaskery

    A star rating of 5 out of 5.

    I've just made a batch of this for tomorrow, so it's not yet had the cream or pumpkin seeds. But the base soup is absolutely delicious! Just the right level of spiciness. If I have a (microscopic) criticism, it is that it is very sweet. I'm wondering what I could add to sharpen it up a bit without…

    FrancisNortonWandsworth

    A star rating of 5 out of 5.

    Excellent - a wonderfully creamy texture, a delicious and intriguing flavour and a warming, filling outcome.

    I found this recipe because the parsnips had appeared in a veg box, which made my heart sink - in future I'll be celebrating their arrival.

    Jane Derrick avatar

    Jane Derrick

    I didn’t have any curry powder, so used some roasted Moroccan spice blend instead. Absolutely delicious with a ham sandwich for a warming lunch.

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