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  • Curried Kumara Soup (New Zealand Sweet Potato Soup)

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    Curried Kumara Soup (New Zealand Sweet Potato Soup)
    Servings: 4
    by Global Cookbook
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    Ingredients

    • 4 Tbsp. butter
    • 2 x garlic cloves chopped
    • 1 x onion minced
    • 1 tsp finely-chopped ginger
    • 1/2 tsp curry pwdr - (to 1 tspn)
    • 1 lb kumara or possibly sweet potato peeled, and minced into small pcs
    • 1 c. vegetable stock (also good with chicken stock)
    • 3 c. lowfat milk - (about) Salt to taste Freshly-grnd black pepper to taste
    • 1/4 c. cream or possibly coconut lowfat milk Chopped cilantro or possibly scallions

    Directions

    1. Saute/fry the onion, garlic, ginger, and curry in the butter in a large saucepan on medium heat till the onion is transparent. Toss in the minced kumara and cook for 1 to 2 min without browning it. Add in the stock, cover, and cook for 10 min, till tender.
    2. Puree the soup, solids first, then begin to thin with the lowfat milk. When pourable, return to the pan and continue adding lowfat milk till the soup is a good consistency.
    3. When ready to serve, reheat, then ladle into bowls. Swirl a Tbsp. full of cream or possibly coconut lowfat milk into each bowl, and sprinkle a healthy pinch of fresh chopped cilantro or possibly scallion on top.
    4. Serve warm to 4 to 6 as a "slightly sweet and very mouth watering" first course soup.
    5. Comments: When I got this recipe from Kaylie Lewell in Whakatane, New Zealand, I had no idea what "kumara" was. Turns out it is related to the sweet potato. Kaylie says it is "a purple-looking root vegetable which, when peeled and cooked, is a yellow green colour...grown in New Zealand and an important part of the Maori (native New Zealanders) diet. What it also is, is delicious - and so is this soup. Thanks, Kaylie!

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