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Coconut pumpkin soup (Pumpkin soup with coconut milk)

The pumpkin soup with coconut milk tastes incredibly creamy, slightly fruity and so delicious. On rainy fall days it warms you from the inside and makes you full. With this recipe you can make the coconut pumpkin soup at home easily and quickly with ordinary ingredients.
Course Soup
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 700 g Hokkaido pumpkin seeded
  • 400 ml canned coconut milk
  • 150 ml orange juice freshly squeezed
  • 500 ml vegetable broth
  • 1 potato medium size
  • 1 onion
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 piece of ginger thumb size
  • 3 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 1/2 tsp paprika powder
  • 1/3 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 pinch of chili powder
  • salt
  • black pepper

to serve (alternatively)

  • coconut milk
  • pumpkin seeds
  • fresh parsley

Instructions

  • Cut Hokkaido pumpkin into cubes.
  • Peel potato and cut it also into cubes.
  • Peel onion, garlic and ginger and chop them finely.
  • Melt coconut oil in a saucepan.
  • Add the onion, garlic and ginger to the saucepan and stir fry until translucent.
  • Add curry powder, paprika powder, turmeric powder as well as chili powder and stir fry for 1 minute.
  • Add the diced pumpkin and potato and stir fry for another 3 minutes.
  • Deglaze it with vegetable broth, bring it to a boil and simmer it for about 15 minutes until the pumpkin and potato are cooked. Season it with salt and black pepper.
  • Add coconut milk and orange juice and boil the soup briefly until bubbly.
  • Remove the pumpkin soup with coconut milk from the heat and puree it finely with a hand blender. If necessary, season again with salt and black pepper.
  • Serve the coconut pumpkin soup with a blob of coconut milk, with fresh parsley and with roasted pumpkin seeds.

Notes

  • In addition to or instead of potato, you can use other vegetables, such as carrot or bell pepper, for the recipe.
  • You can adjust the amount of orange juice, ginger and garlic according to your taste.
  • Flavor the soup with spices of your choice.
  • Note the detailed tips and tricks for making the coconut pumpkin soup at the top of the post.