Easy Pumpkin Laksa Soup Food

PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large saucepan, then gently cook 2 finely chopped onions for 5 mins, until soft but not coloured.
• Add 1kg pumpkin or squash, cut into chunks, to the pan, then carry on cooking for 8-10 mins, stirring occasionally until it starts to soften and turn golden.
• Pour 700ml vegetable or chicken stock into the pan and season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 mins until the squash is very soft.
• Pour 150ml double cream into the pan, bring back to the boil, then purée with a hand blender. For an extra-velvety consistency you can pour the soup through a fine sieve. The soup can now be frozen for up to 2 months.
• To make the croutons: cut 4 slices wholemeal seeded bread into small squares.
• Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan, then fry the bread until it starts to become crisp.
• Add a handful of pumpkin seeds to the pan, then cook for a few mins more until they are toasted. These can be made a day ahead and stored in an airtight container.
• Reheat the soup if needed, taste for seasoning, then serve scattered with croutons and seeds and drizzled with more olive oil, if you want.

PUMPKIN COCONUT MILK SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir the onion and garlic in the melted butter until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir the water and chicken bouillon cubes into the mixture; cook and stir until the bouillon cubes have dissolved, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir the pumpkin puree, coconut milk, ginger, orange juice, pumpkin pie spice, and chili powder into the liquid. Bring the soup to a simmer, and cook until heated through, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour the soup into a blender pitcher to no more than half full. Hold down the lid of the blender firmly in place. Start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth, and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup in the pot.
• Return the pureed soup to medium heat; bring to a simmer and cook another 10 minutes.

PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat stock, salt, pumpkin, onion, thyme, garlic, and peppercorns. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes uncovered.
• Puree the soup in small batches (1 cup at a time) using a food processor or blender.
• Return to pan, and bring to a boil again. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for another 30 minutes, uncovered. Stir in heavy cream. Pour into soup bowls and garnish with fresh parsley.

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.

EASY CREAMY PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• MELT butter in large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onion, garlic and sugar; cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until soft.
• Add broth, water, salt and pepper; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• Reduce heat to low; cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes.
• Stir in pumpkin, evaporated milk and cinnamon.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• TRANSFER mixture to food processor or blender (in batches, if necessary); process until smooth. Return to saucepan. Serve warm.

SINGAPOREAN SOUP SEAFOOD LAKSA

Steps:

• Cook rice noodles according to package directions. Run under cold water, strain and rest at room temperature.
• In a large pot or dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add Laksa Paste and saute, stirring constantly until it becomes fragrant and dark in colour about 2-3 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth scraping up all the brown bits. Add the lime leaf and sugar then simmer on low heat.
• Add shrimp and fish, cooking for 2-3 minutes. Add coconut milk and simmer until seafood has cooked thoroughly, no more than 5 minutes.
• Add lime juice and fish sauce to taste, adding a teaspoon at a time. The broth should taste rich and deep, and slightly salty and just a little limey.
• Drop fried tofu cubes into the flavourful seafood laksa broth, using a spoon to toss them in the sauce.
• Divide the cooked rice noodles into large soup bowls. Ladle flavourful soup over noodles. Garnish bowls with a handful of fresh beansprouts, cilantro, basil and scallions.

EASY THAI PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan and add onion, saute until translucent.
• Add ginger and chilli and toss briefly.
• Add pumpkin and stock.
• Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmeer for 20 mins.
• or until pumpkin is tender.
• Stir in the rest of the ingredients and process until smooth.
• Taste, adjust seasonin, adding more stock or coconut if neccessary and reheat gently before serving.
• ***TIP***The first time I made it, my blender was on the blink, so I cooked it a little more, and finished it off with a hand whisk.
• Garnish with a red chilli flower garnish or a sprinkling of chopped green chives (or both) You can add salt afterwards if required.

PUMPKIN RICE LAKSA SOUP

Steps:

• Reserve cilantro leaves for garnish. Place cilantro stems in a food processor and add chile peppers, lime zest, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, five-spice powder, and cumin. Blend to a pulp; remove and discard any stringy bits and transfer mixture to a high-sided skillet. Add olive oil and white onion. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until fragrant, about 10 minutes.
• Add pumpkin and broth to the skillet. Stir around, scraping up any bits stuck to the bottom of the skillet. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, until pumpkin is soft, about 15 minutes. Add rice and stir well so that pumpkin gets mashed up a bit. Cover and simmer until rice is tender, 15 to 20 minutes more. Add coconut milk and season with salt and pepper. Stir in lime juice to taste. Garnish with reserved cilantro leaves, green chile pepper, and grated coconut.

EASY PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat.
• Cook chopped onions until soft and golden brown.
• Heat the broth in a good-sized pot, add pumpkin slowly, and bring to a partial boil.
• Stir in onions, milk, polenta, honey, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, salt, and pepper (pressed garlic might be suitable at this time).
• Make sure that the ingredients do not clump but are spread throughout the soup.
• Cook for about 5 minutes or longer until all ingredients have been thoroughly mixed and dissolved and so the soup is thoroughly heated.
• If at this point it seems chunkier or thicker than desired; use an immersion blender or a regular one to liquefy the soup and blend in the onions.
• Serve warm with pieces of bread if desired.

EASY PUMPKIN ORZO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan melt butter a medium heat. Add onion and garlic , and cook until tender.
• Stir in red pepper and cook for about a minute more.
• Add broth and bring to a boil.
• Add orzo (or rice).
• Reduce heat and simmer covered for 10 minutes (orzo) or 40 minutes (wild rice).
• Combine dairy and flour in a tupperware container. Close the lid and shake briskly to reduce lumps.
• Stir into orzo mixture and cook until slightly thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in pumpkin, heat through.

EASY PUMPKIN LAKSA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil ( not too much) and gently heat the curry paste.
• Add cooked chicken.
• Add pumpkin soup, coconut milk and chicken stock.
• Gently heat through until simmering.
• Plate the soup and just before serving, sprinkle over some spring onions and coriander into each bowl.