Saturday, June 5, 2010

Soup-er


I don't think that I've seen so much rain here in all of the time I've lived in Australia. The weather is so 'British" with days and days of rain making it cold, damp and miserable. So what's the best thing to do? Make soup.

I love soup and most are so quick and easy to make.

Today's soup is red curry, sweet potato and coconut soup. It's really easy and makes a delicious warming and incredibly smooth soup.


Here's what you need.


1 onion, chopped

2 sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into chunks.

stock to cover (or water and a veggie stock cube)

red curry paste - I won't say how much as it depends how hot you like things and what the brand of curry paste is like. I used 2 tsp.

440ml coconut cream (mine was light!)


Here's what you do!


Gently fry the onion in a large pan until it turns translucent then add the red curry paste and fry to release the most wonderful aroma. Add the chopped sweet potato, cover with stock then add the coconut milk. Bring to the boil and simmer until soft. Blitz with a 'whizzy stick' or put in a blender. Add a little salt to taste and serve with crusty bread and a beer!

2 comments:

Rhyleysgranny said...

That looks and sounds delicious. Nothing like soup during miserable weather.Imagine having all that rain. It must feel very strange for you.

JillyB said...

It is. I keep telling people that I didn't move half way round the world for the British rain to follow me! Mind you, after years of drought it's good that the dams are filling up so I shouldn't complain!