Thai Sweet Potato and Lentil Soup

[Very Happy Jan]

Name of Recipe: Thai Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup
Number of People:4
Ingredients:
10g EVOO
1 Medium brown onion
3cm piece ginger -peeled
1 tbs ( 10-15gm) Thai Red Curry Paste
750g Orange sweet potatoes peeled & cut in medium chunks
120g Red Lentils
600ml Water
2tsp TMX Vegetable stock concentrate
1 tbs lime juice
1 tbs fish sauce
2 tsp brown sugar
fresh coriander leaves to serve

OPTIONAL
150-200 ml Evaporated milk
1/2 tsp coconut essence



Preparation:

Drop onion & ginger on rotating blades & chop Sp4 5 secs
Scrape down and add EVOO & Red Curry Paste
Saute 3min 100^o Speed 1
Add Sweet potato, Lentils, Vegetable stock concentrate & water
Cook 20mion 100^o Speed 1 until potato & lentils are soft. (I blitzed for a few seconds at this point as we like a very smooth soup but thats a personal choice.)
Add lime juice, fish sauce & sugar and blend 3 sec speed 4
At this point you can add the additional ingredients if you wish. I found this soup to be very thick so did use the Evap milk & Essence but you could easily just add more water at the start of the cooking process. Heat at 80^o speed 1 to warm through


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members comments A very popular recipe.

Most people find this recipe very thick as VHJ indicated so they've added any of the following
extra water
more coconut milk
used less lentils
added natural yoghurt

Some have used a mixture of sweet potatoes, carrots & squash or just pumpkin instead of sweet potato.

[judydawn]

Nice one VHJ for your first soup posting.

[CreamPuff63]

thanks for this, just wished I had seen it before I made Pumpkin Soup today 

[cookie1]

This looks lovely VHJ. Someone dropped us off a HUGE sweet potato from the farm he works at yesterday, so now I know what to do with it all.

[cookie1]

I made this last night and we loved it. To coin Masterchef 'it had a real depth of flavour'.

Thanks VHJ.
I added the curry paste with the EVOO.

[Very Happy Jan]

Glad you liked it Cookie1. Thanks for the note about the paste- I've modified the recipe. 

[Thermomixer]

Good one VHJ - we love sweet potato soup and this sounds good with the Thai inspired ingredients.  Yum 

[JaneeZee]

Delicious VHJ.  Was wondering what to cook for dinner when I have a "cod in da nows" & generally feeling miserable.  This was wonderfully warming & hearty, probably put a bit more ginger in than necessary but that gave me an excuse to put coconut cream in (stuff the evap & essence!!) which tamed it down to wonderfully acceptable.  Thanks 

[Thermomixer]

Poor JZ - hope the cod has gone

[CreamPuff63]

thanks vhj, it was very nice 

[achookwoman]

Thanks VHJ,  I have just been given some fresh,  Victorian grown Lentils,  This will be a perfect way to use some of them.

[achookwoman]

VHJ,    Made this for lunch today,  delicious but a bit thick,  so thinned with whole tin of milk and some extra water.  Will make again.  8 serves for $4 .

[CreamPuff63]

the cost of home made is amazing when you consider that when you are "out" a bowl of soup starts from about $7.

[Cornish Cream]

Lovely soup VHJ but it was thick so I thinned it down with extra water.I didn't add the 2tsp of sugar, I thought it was sweet enough after the initial 20 minutes of cooking but I did blitz it for a smoother texture.Thanks for the recipe.

[Cornish Cream]

I'm addicted to this soup and made it for lunch today as it's still pretty cold here.I have reduced the red lentils to 90g and still leave out the sugar and optional extras.Great recipe VHJ.