Curriedpumpkinkumeraandbaconsoup Recipes

Steps:

• Peel the pumpkin, remove the seeds and cut into 5cm/2" cubes. Cut bacon into short strips.
• Brown bacon over moderate heat in a large soup pot adding some of the butter if the bacon looks like sticking. Remove half the bacon and set aside to use as a garnish. Add the remaining buter, onions, garlic and curry powder and cook till the onion is lightly browned and transluscent. Add the pumpkin, kumera and water. Cover the put and cook till the pumpkin and kumera are tender.
• Puree soup in a food processor or blender, or mash the vegies. Thin with a bit of water, milk or cream if needed and season to taste.
• Serve, topped with the reserved bacon.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Toss the pumpkin seeds in a large bowl with the coconut oil until well coated. Sprinkle with the curry powder and salt and toss to coat completely. Spread the seeds in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake, stirring halfway through and rotating the baking sheet, until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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.

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.

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, saute onion in oil until tender. Add the broth, pumpkin, lemon juice, curry powder, sugar, salt if desired and pepper; bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in cream; heat through. Garnish with parsley if desired.

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.

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onions and bell pepper; sauté until vegetables begin to soften, about 8 minutes. Add curry powder and stir 1 minute. Add 5 cups broth and next 4 ingredients and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes to blend flavors, stirring frequently. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool slightly. Chill until cold, then cover and keep chilled. Rewarm over medium heat, adding more broth if soup is too thick.) Ladle soup into bowls. Top with grated cheese.

Steps:

• Put pumpkin into a large pot. Pour 2 cups water over the pumpkin so the cubes are floating. Season pumpkin and water with turmeric and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until the pumpkin is tender yet firm enough to retain shape, about 15 minutes.
• Grind 1/2 cup coconut, 3 red chile peppers, green chile pepper, 2 tablespoons water, and cumin seeds in a food processor until you have a paste; stir into the pumpkin mixture and bring again to a boil. Cook until the liquid has thickened and coats the pumpkin cubes, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour the curry into a large serving bowl.
• Heat 2 teaspoons coconut oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Cook 2 dried red chile peppers, mustard seeds, and black lentils in hot oil until they sputter, 2 to 3 minutes; pour over curry.
• Heat remaining teaspoon coconut oil in the skillet. Fry 1 tablespoon coconut in the hot oil until completely browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour atop the curry. Garnish dish with curry leaves.

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium heat in a large stockpot. Add onion, garlic, and 2 tablespoons curry powder; coat with butter and cook and stir for about 2 minutes.
• Add bell peppers, carrot, and apple to the pot. Toss to coat and cook in the butter; add remaining curry powder, turmeric, and thyme. Let vegetables cook in the butter, stirring regularly, for about 6 minutes. Stir in ginger.
• Pour pumpkin and coconut cream into the pot and toss to incorporate, about 2 minutes. Pour in vegetable broth, cover, and cook over medium-low heat until vegetables are all soft, 30 to 35 minutes. Season with 1 tablespoon honey, salt, 1 pinch cayenne pepper, and 1 pinch red pepper flakes.
• Add soup to a blender or a food processor in batches and puree until smooth. Pour puree into a separate stockpot if serving immediately, or into a glass storage jar if holding overnight. Toss in peanuts.
• Warm pureed soup over low heat, about 5 minutes; season with remaining honey, salt, cayenne, red pepper flakes, and Sriracha sauce and serve.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the mushrooms and onion in butter until tender. Stir in the flour and curry powder until blended. Gradually add the broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add the pumpkin, milk, honey, salt, pepper and nutmeg; heat through. Garnish with chives if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Arrange pumpkin seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet. Toast in preheated oven for about 10 minutes, or until seeds begin to brown.
• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in flour and curry powder until smooth. Cook, stirring, until mixture begins to bubble. Gradually whisk in broth, and cook until thickened. Stir in pumpkin and half-and-half. Season with soy sauce, sugar, salt, and pepper.
• Bring just to a boil, then remove from heat. Garnish with roasted pumpkin seeds.

Steps:

• Slowly saute onion and garlic in oil until transparent, about 5 minutes.
• Add pumpkin puree and chicken stock, bay leaf, sugar, curry, nutmeg and mix well.
• Bring to boil, and then lower heat to simmer.
• Cook 20 to 30 minutes.
• Taste for seasoning.
• Add half-and-half and simmer another 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• Blend in batches in blender.
• Strain through a fine strainer.
• Reheat gently, and serve with toasted coconut.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line large rimmed baking sheet with parchment; spray with nonstick spray. Whisk egg white, lime juice, and oil in large bowl. Add next 4 ingredients; whisk. Add pumpkin seeds; toss. Transfer to baking sheet, spreading evenly. Bake until toasted and fragrant, stirring often, about 24 minutes. Cool on sheet. Do ahead: Can be made 5 days ahead. Store toasted seeds airtight at room temperature.