Sweet Potato Soup

Name: Sweet Potato Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped; 2 teaspoons oil; 1 -2 tablespoon grated ginger (, depending on your love of ginger); 1 -2 red chile, chopped (depending on your love of hot); 2 teaspoons cumin seeds; 2 stalks lemongrass, finely chopped or 1 1/2 tbsp of lemon grass in a jar; 2 cups vegetable stock; 2 cups coconut milk; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1/2 cup fresh coriander (cilantro)

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 4

ingredients

2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
2 teaspoons oil
1 -2 tablespoon grated ginger (, depending on your love of ginger)
1 -2 red chile, chopped (depending on your love of hot)
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
2 stalks lemongrass, finely chopped or 1 1/2 tbsp of lemon grass in a jar
2 cups vegetable stock
2 cups coconut milk
1 tablespoon brown sugar
¹⁄₂ cup fresh coriander (cilantro)

directions

Place sweet potato in a pot of boiling water and boil until tender.
(10-15 minutes) Drain and set aside.
Heat oil over medium heat in a saucepan.
Add ginger, cumin, chillies and lemon grass, cook for 3 minutes.
Place the sweet potato and spice mixture in a food processor or blender and process with a little of the stock until smooth.
Place the mixture in a saucepan over medium heat.
Add remaining stock, coconut milk and brown sugar, stir until soup is simmering and hot.
Stir through coriander and serve.

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Reviews

Quick, easy, tasty, healthy- what more could you want? I made it with lite coconut milk.

nengel5
I used this for Thanksgiving leftovers with lots of substitutions: 1 Chicken stock, not veg stock, 2 Powdered spices, not fresh, 3 Leftover sour cream, not coconut milk, 4 Canned sweet potatoes, not fresh. Results: its still good. Not as good as using fresh ingredients, which I've also done, but still quite good. The big difference versus most American soups and chowders is using ginger/chile/cilantro vs. celery/onion/garlic. Also, there's no salt at all and you don't need it any.

Joel Friedland
This is an excellent recipe, though I made a few minor changes. 1) I used dried chili flakes (~1 tbls) rather then the chillies. 2) I used Chicken Stock rather then veg. 3) about a tablespoon of dried coriander instead of the fresh. The soup was excellent, though I had expected it to be a touch thicker then it was due the the last time I had a sweet potato soup.

Jagash Vanhal
I used chicken broth, ground cumin and lemon zest. No oil or chilies. Thank you for an excellent recipe. I have made it several times in the past 2 weeks.

marci
Lovely soup recipe. Very rich and creamy from the coconut milk. Would need to follow with a less rich main dish. We really loved the subtle flavours. Followed the recipe exactly (2tbs ginger, 2 chillis deseeded and sweet). Thanks for a real keeper.

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