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Vegetable Soup With Coconut (Africa)

 

Recipe By :Linda McCartney

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Soups Vegetable Dishes

 

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 large onion -- chopped

1 cup turnip -- peeled and cubed

1 cup sweetpotato -- peeled and cubed

1 cup pumpkin -- peeled and cubed

1 teaspoon dried marjoram

1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

salt and pepper to taste

1 spring onion -- chopped

5 Cups vegetable stock

2 tablespoons flaked almonds

1 fresh chile pepper -- deseeded and chopped

1 teaspoon unrefined sugar

4 Ounces creamed coconut

or coconut milk

chopped fresh coriander

or flatleaf parsley -- garnish

 

In a large saucepan, heat the oil, add the onion and cook gently for 4-5

minutes. Add the cubed vegetables and toss them carefully over a medium heat for

a further 5-6 minutes.

Add the marjoram, ground ginger and cinnamon, and seasoning to taste, and cook

together over a low heat for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.

Add the spring onion, stock, flaked almonds, chile pepper and sugar and simmer

gently for 10-15 minutes until the vegetables are just tender. Check the

seasoning.

Gradually grate the creamed coconut into the soup and stir in well. Sprinkle

with the chopped fresh coriander or parsley and serve.

 

Cuisine:

" Vegetarian "

S(Collection):

" Pat_H (kitpath) on 16 Sep 1999 "

Copyright:

" 1998 Linda McCartney on Tour (Little Brown) "

 

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Per serving: 490 Calories (kcal); 31g Total Fat; (55% calories from fat); 10g

Protein; 47g Carbohydrate; 3mg Cholesterol; 2067mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 2 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 1/2 Fruit; 6 1/2

Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

 

NOTES : A combination of turnip, sweet potato and pumpkin, laced with silky

coconut and fired by chile pepper, this soup is as full of contrasts as the

African continent itself.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

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Pat Hanneman (ICQ 50232533)

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