Kardeas Curry Coconut And Lemongrass Chickpea Soup Food

CURRY COCONUT AND LEMONGRASS CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the leeks, onions, carrots; cover and cook 5 minutes or until tender. Add the curry powder, sugar, ginger, garlic and lemongrass; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Place the onion mixture in a 5-quart electric slow cooker. Pour in the vegetable broth. Stir in the chickpeas and coconut milk. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours. Serve with rice.

KARDEA'S CURRY COCONUT AND LEMONGRASS CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the leeks, onions, carrots; cover and cook 5 minutes or until tender. Add the curry powder, sugar, ginger, garlic and lemongrass; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Place the onion mixture in a 5-quart electric slow cooker. Pour in the vegetable broth. Stir in the chickpeas and coconut milk. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours. Serve with rice.

CHICKPEA & COCONUT CURRY (KADALA)

Steps:

• If using dried chickpeas, soak overnight in plenty of water, then drain.
• Place soaked chickpeas in a large pot with plenty of fresh water, bring to the boil for 15 minutes, then reduce heat and simmer for about an hour, or until chickpeas are tender.
• Alternatively you can pressure-cook the dried chickpeas according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• When the chickpeas are cooked, or if you are using canned chickpeas, put them aside.
• Next, heat a wok or skillet over medium-high heat, and dry-roast the desiccated coconut, reducing heat as necessary- it is important to stir continuously, as the coconut will readily catch and burn.
• As soon as the coconut starts to brown remove the skillet from the heat, and immediately place the coconut in a blender bowl- if left in the skillet it will become dark brown and bitter.
• Add ginger, turmeric, chilli, coriander powder and a little water to the blender bowl and grind to a fine paste.
• Heat the oil in a clean pan and saute mustard seeds until they start to pop and release their aroma.
• Add onion and curry leaves and saute and stir a further minute or two.
• Add coconut paste and cooked chickpeas, and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more water if necessary.
• Add 1 cup coconut milk and simmer for a further 10-15 minutes.
• Serve with rice and garnish with fresh cilantro.

COCONUT LEMONGRASS VEGETABLE ECSTASY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat coconut oil over medium heat-do not let it smoke-and add carrots, bell pepper, celery and onion. Saute until crisp-tender.
• Add all ingredients, down to and including tamarind paste: broth, broccoli, lemongrass, potatoes, shitakes, chick peas, ginger, fish sauce, curry paste, soy sauce, tamarind paste.
• Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
• Reduce heat to simmer: add remaining ingredients and simmer until potatoes are soft. Do taste tests from time to time. If the flavor is lacking, add more tamarind, or soy sauce, or fish sauce, or more curry paste if you like it HOT! You are unlikely to need to salt this soup with all those delicious seasonings. If you don't like the veggie-to-broth ration, add more broth.
• Remove lemongrass and serve (but put it back in with any leftovers in the fridge; this soup gets better every day). Put some Sriracha on the table for the hot-sauce devotees.