THAI PUMPKIN & SWEET POTATO SOUP (RACV)

August 14, 2021 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments

serves 4

(picture here is from a different recipe that sounds even better https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/thai-style-pumpkin-soup/33f2311b-e3ea-46b8-97df-9461705ab769)

Ingredients

2T oil
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp each of garlic & ginger, crushed
1/2 kg each of sweet potato & pumpkin, chopped
1 large potato, chopped
3-4 tsp red curry paste
1 tsp salt
1 dess br sugar
2c water
1.5c coconut milk
coriander, opt

Heat oil in a pan, cook vegies 4-5 mins, add curry paste and cook a further 2 mins.
Add water to cover vegies, bring to boil and cook about 15 mins til vegies are tender.
Add sugar, salt & coconut milk and let slightly cool.
Blend the soup and add coriander if desired.

For special occasions you can add shelled green prawns and cook 1 further 5 mins.

COUNTRY SOUP (RACV cheap eats*)

August 14, 2021 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments

serves 4 (looks like pumpkin soup)
Ingredients
1/4c oil
150g bacon bits
1 onion, chopped
2T flour
3c any hot stock
4 potatoes, chopped
1/2c frozen peas
1 stick celery, diced
1 carrot, diced
1c milk
nutmeg & mint (opt garnish)

In a pan, cook the bacon & onion in oil for 2 mins. Stir in flour, cook 1 min.
Add stock and stir until boiling. Add all vegies and cook until potato is tender.
Add milk and garnish.

* Cooking on Less than a Shoestring – cookery book for Salvation Army

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