Low Fat Carrot Coriander Soup Food

CARROT CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil or butter in a pan large enough to hold all the ingredients.
• Add carrots and onion. Stir well. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Add crushed coriander seeds, ground coriander and mace. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Add 6 cups of vegetable stock, and all other ingredients except the additional stock, and the cream and cilantro. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 30-40 minutes or until carrots and barley are tender.
• Whiz the soup in a food processor (you'll probably need to do this in at least two batches), and return to cooking pan.
• Stir in the last 2-4 cups of vegetable stock (depending on how thin a soup you want) and the cream, if used.
• Heat through, but do not boil.
• Serve, garnished generously with chopped cilantro.

CARROT & CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a large pan, add 1 chopped onion, then fry for 5 mins until softened.
• Stir in 1 tsp ground coriander and 1 chopped potato, then cook for 1 min.
• Add the 450g peeled and chopped carrots and 1.2l vegetable or chicken stock, bring to the boil, then reduce the heat.
• Cover and cook for 20 mins until the carrots are tender.
• Tip into a food processor with a handful of coriander then blitz until smooth (you may need to do this in two batches). Return to pan, taste, add salt if necessary, then reheat to serve.

LOW-FAT CARROT & CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Spray a little oil into base of stock pot (although you can dry-fry the onions).
• Add the onions and gently cook for a few miniutes.
• Add the ground coriander and gently stir this in, cook for a further minute.
• Stir in the tomatoes & carrots and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock and plenty of black pepper, according to taste.
• Simmer for 25 minutes with the lid on.
• Put the soup through a blender, blend to preferred consistency.
• Add the coriander (parsley & chives if no coriander is to be found)near the end of the process, so that the leaves are roughly chopped.
• Reheat and season to taste.
• Serve in bowls and swirl in the low fat cream for presentation purposes only.
• Serve with warm crusty bread.

CREAMY CARROT SOUP (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan, add onions and garlic, and cook until tender, adding water if necessary, to prevent drying.
• Add carrots, broth, tomato paste and rice. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until rice and carrots are tender, 30-40 minutes.
• Puree soup, in batches, in blender or food processor until smooth.
• Return to pan. Stir in milk, salt and pepper, and nutmeg. Reheat over medium heat, stirring until heated through.
• Ladle into bowls.
• Garnish with dollop of plain nonfat yogurt.