Curried Southwestern Pumpkin Soup Food

CURRIED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, curry, and cumin; saute, stirring often, until onion is soft and fragrant.
• Stir in apples, pumpkin, broth, water, and sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Puree soup in a food processor or a blender.
• Return soup to saucepan; reheat, covered, over low heat.

CURRIED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, saute mushrooms and onion in butter until tender.
• Add in flour and curry powder and mix until blended.
• Gradually add the broth.
• Bring to a boil; cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Add the pumpkin, milk, honey, salt, pepper, and nutmeg; cook until heated through.

CURRIED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and add mushrooms, and onions. Cook until tender.
• Add flour and curry.
• Gradually add the chicken broth.
• Cook and stir constantly over medium heat until thickens.
• Add everything else, but the milk. (For a thinner soup reduce the amount of canned pumpkin).
• Simmer 10 minutes.
• Add the milk and stir until hot.

CURRIED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook onions in butter in a wide 6-quart heavy pot over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Add cumin, coriander, and cardamom and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Stir in salt, red pepper flakes, pumpkin, water, broth, and coconut milk and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.
• Purée soup in batches in a blender until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids), transferring to a large bowl, and return soup to pot.
• Keep soup warm over low heat.
• Heat oil in a small heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook mustard seeds until they begin to pop, about 15 seconds.
• Add curry leaves and cook 5 seconds, then pour mixture into pumpkin soup.
• Stir until combined well and season soup with salt.
• Soup can be thinned with additional water.
• Note: Can be made up to one day in advance. I use the food processor for the chopping of onions, garlic & the immersible blending to puree the soup.

CURRIED SOUTHWESTERN PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a pot at medium heat. Add onion, cook for 3-5 minutes until softened. Add garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute. Add curry powder, stir and cook for 1 minute. Add water and bring to a simmer. Add pumpkin, salt and sugar and mix well. Add the remaining ingredients and bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Serve soup with optional ingredients for more flavor.

CROCK POT SOUTHWESTERN PUMPKIN SOUP (AKA KORMA SOUP)

Steps:

• In a hot skillet, toast the cloves, coriander seeds, and peppercorns.
• Add the ground spices to the whole ones in the skillet- the cumin, chile powders, cinnamon, garlic powder, and nutmeg, and toast the mixture over high heat, stirring occasionally, for about 3 minutes or until the spices begin to smoke.
• Remove from heat, let cool, and grind together to a powder (an electric coffee grinder works well for this); set aside.
• Pour the stock, half and half, and evaporated milk into the crock pot; stir well, cover, and turn on high.
• Put the pureed pumpkin into a large bowl, then add the maple syrup, salt, and the now-powdered spice mixture; use a whisk to incorporate the mixture well.
• Add the pumpkin mixture to the liquids in the crock pot, whisking it well to make sure there are no lumps.
• Cover and let simmer on high for 2 to 3 hours.
• Garnish servings with grated cheddar cheese and toasted cashew pieces.
• Many thanks to Michael for creating this wonderful soup! :).

SOUTHWESTERN PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring broth and whipping cream to boil in heavy medium pot.
• Whisk in canned pumpkin, brown sugar, cumin, chili powder, coriander, and nutmeg.
• Reduce heat to medium and simmer until soup thickens slightly and flavors blend, about 15 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Garnish servings with cheese and cilantro.

CURRIED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Pre-heat the cooker for 20 minutes.
• Cut pumpkin and potato into small pieces (2-3cm) and place in the cooker.
• Add tomatoes, onion, pepper and chicken stock.
• Cover with the lid and cook following the times and settings above in the description.
• Add the curry powder and brown sugar.
• Puree in a food processor or blender.
• Return to the cooker and add the light evaporated milk or cream. Stir well and check seasoning, adding salt if necessary.
• Reheat but do not boil. Serve sprinkled with chopped chives.

CURRIED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Clean pumpkin, then remove thick skin -- I use an electric knife. Cut into large cubes and boil until tender.
• While pumpkin is cooking, cover and gently saute onion and ginger in oil in a saucepan. If mixture becomes too dry, add a tablespoon or so of juice. Cover, and simmer until onion and ginger are softened.
• When pumpkin is cooked, drain into a pan and collect the juice.
• With a potato masher, mash the pumpkin.
• Add two cups pumpkin to the onion and ginger mixture.
• Add two cups (or more) of pumpkin juice to this mixture and blend well.
• Add salt to taste.
• Add 1 tablespoon of Patak's mild curry paste to the soup and mix well.
• Stir in the cream.
• Heat through and serve.

SOUTHWESTERN PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken stock and whipping cream to boil in heavy medium pot. Whisk in canned pumpkin, brown sugar, cumin, chili powder, coriander and nutmeg. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until soup thickens slightly and flavors blend, about 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Soup can be prepared up to 1 day ahead. Cool. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium-low heat, whisking occasionally.) Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish each serving with cheddar cheese and cilantro and serve.

SOUTHWEST PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring vegetable stock and whipping cream to boil in heavy medium pot. Whisk in canned pumpkin, cumin, chili powder, coriander and nutmeg.
• Reduce heat to medium and simmer until soup thickens slightly and flavors blend, about 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish each serving with cheddar cheese, cilantro, avocado slices, sour cream, toasted pumpkin seeds and serve.

CURRIED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Place oil in saucepan and sauté onions. Add chopped pumpkin, stock and curry. Cook until pumpkin is soft. Blend until smooth. Add coconut cream and stir until combined and re-heated. Top with chopped coriander to serve.