Curried Butternut Squash Soup

Curried Butternut Squash Soup

Here is one we want to give a try soon from Food52.
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Curried Butternut Squash Soup:

  • Serves
    4
Author Notes

Butternut Squash is a good source of dietary fiber and low in calories. This is the first time I wanted to try this squash and felt that it was was hard to cut than a melon. It was a sweet, melony, hard pulp. So needed some spice and I tried a Indian twist on this winter wonder. Since I would like to find some surprises in such a warm hardy soup. With some indian spices and some surprises whoala! Awesome Butternut Squash Soup Indian Style. It turned out very tasty and definitely won everyone’s vote at home! Lets get to the recipe.

Variation:


1. Healthy – You may substitute required amount of water with fat free milk and also cut down on the coconut cream.


2. Rich – You may use heavy cream instead of coconut milk.


3. Tasty – Use Coconut milk as mentioned in the recipe above!


4. You may substitute Butternut Squash with any other winter squash variety. —yMarni

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon

    Extra Vrigin Olive oil


  • 4

    Fat cloves of Garlic, finely chopped


  • 5

    Shallots, medium size


  • 1

    Celery stem, diced


  • 2

    Carrots, diced


  • 5 sprigs

    Mint, leaves only and chiffonade


  • 1

    Butternut Squash, medium, peeled & diced


  • 1 cup

    Coconut Milk, Thick


  • 3 cups

    Vegetable Broth/ Water, as per the required consistency


  • 1 cup

    Paneer, cut into tiny dices


  • 1

    Green Peas, handful


  • Cumin Powder


  • Coriander Powder


  • Chilli Powder


  • Garam Masala


  • 1/2 teaspoon

    Kasuri Methi/ Dried Fenugreek Leaves, crushed in the middle of your palm


  • 1 teaspoon

    Black Pepper


  • 5 sprigs

    Cilantro, finely chopped


  • 1 teaspoon

    Salt

Directions
  1. Heat a medium skillet, add olive oil.
  2. Add the roughly chopped garlic.
  3. Stir in the chopped shallots, carrots, celery and the mint. Cook for a couple of minutes.
  4. Add the diced butternut squash and a glass of water and cook it by covering it with a lid.
  5. Puree the cooked mixture.
  6. Add coconut milk.
  7. As per the consistency required add vegetable broth/ water.
  8. Spices like cumin powder, coriander powder and chilli powder to be added at this time.
  9. Bring it to a boil.
  10. Stir in the boiled green peas and the tiny dices of paneer.
  11. Add garam masala, dried fenugreek leaves(kasuri methi) and salt to taste.
  12. Garnish with a streak of coconut milk, cilantro, green peas and paneer. Serve it hot with some home made bread.
  13. You may also prepare this recipe by adding all the ingredients(except Paneer) mentioned above in a slow cooker for 6hours and roughly blend them using a hand blender. Add Paneer and Cilantro as garnish.



Jeannie notes.. Above is curated for evaluation and recommendation from Food52

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