Healing Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
This Healing Butternut Squash Soup is made by combining the sweet flavours of butternut squash and coconut with wonderfully fragrant spices.
Butternut squash is fantastic pureed into a soup. It's both nourishing and warming for the body (psychologically and nutritionally), loaded with vitamins A and C, plus a variety of minerals, including magnesium, manganese and potassium.
The mix of spices enhance the vibrant colour and flavour of this Butternut Squash Soup, as well as adding additional nutrition.
Coriander and turmeric have an anti-inflammatory effect on the body. Cumin and paprika are good sources of iron, and all contain important amino-acids (building blocks of protein).
Healing Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
SERVES 6
READY IN 55 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 butternut squash (peeled, seeded and cut into 1 inch cubes)
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic (crushed or finely chopped)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 3 tablespoons desiccated coconut
- 1 litre vegetable stock or filtered water
- Celtic or Himalayan salt
METHOD:
- Heat the oil in a large soup pan until it has melted. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 3-5 minutes until soft.
- Add the cumin, coriander, paprika and turmeric with 1 tablespoon of stock, stir well, then add the chopped butternut squash and a big pinch of salt.
- Stir for a minute, coating the butternut squash in the spices then add the rest of the stock and coconut.
- Bring to a boil before reducing to a simmer for 30 minutes until the squash is slightly soft.
- Using an upright or stick blender, puree the soup until smooth.
- Serve with pumpkin seeds and some additional herbs and coconut cream or yoghurt if you wish.
Top Tip: Stock - If you want to avoid yeast (which is in most bought stock cubes, not all), either make your own stock or use water only.
At step 5 leave the water to soak up the flavours of the soup ingredients for 2-3 hours before blending.
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