Butternut Squash Soup | Soup Recipes | Winter Recipes
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Recipe type: Starter/Appetizer
Cuisine: World
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Serves: 2-3 people
 
Creamy with mild spicy notes, butternut squash soup
Ingredients
  • 200 Gm or 1½ Cups diced butternut squash
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • ½ Tbsp butter
  • 2 small or ¾ Cup diced carrots
  • 1 small chopped onion
  • 1 garlic clove
  • ½ Tbsp curry powder (store bought or homemade)
  • ½ Tbsp cream
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ Tsp black pepper powder
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • Little chopped coriander
Method
  1. In a pan, add butter and olive oil and turn on heat
  2. Next sweat onions and garlic till onions turn slightly soft and transparent
  3. Add diced or sliced carrots along with diced squash and saute
  4. Add ¼ Cup water and cover and cook till squash and carrots are soft
  5. Next add curry powder and mix well
  6. At this stage you can let the mixture cool and blend in a mixer jar or you can use a hand held blender and blitz into a soup when it's hot
  7. Add about a cup of water to adjust consistency
  8. Season with powdered black pepper and salt
  9. Squeeze in juice of a ½ a lemon and add chopped coriander
  10. Finish with some fresh cream and let it become piping hot
  11. Serve hot with some garlic bread or toasted crostini on the side
Notes
You can substitute squash with pumpkin

Cream can be optional but a little goes a long way

Adjust spiciness as per your taste, if you do not have curry powder just use a mild chilli powder
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/butternut-squash-soup/