Vegan Curried Butternut Squash Soup
I am a huge fan of autumn. It is not too cold, the trees look amazing, I get to wear both boots and cardigans and I don’t get strange looks when I eat soup! Yes I am that strange person who looks forward to autumn for these 3 main things. I have been slightly obsessed with making butternut squash recipe over the past few weeks but this one in particular has to be favourite.
This is a recipe for butternut squash soup that you have to save in your bookmarks – or even better press print and make it today! I made a double batch and froze it in little zip-lock bag portions and it is just perfect for busy days. Another great tip is to store in a mini muffin tin so you have little baby sized portions on hand always! When they are frozen, pop them out and place into freezer bags then label. When you come home from work at 6pm and your baby is REALLY hungry and can’t wait for food (which was always the case in our house), you can pop a little portion into a bowl and straight into the microwave. They defrost in less than 5 minutes! Serve with a little brown bread to soak it up and place it in front of your little one then let them get to work.
5 Things you may not know about Butternut Squash
- You can eat the skin! I just give it a scrub, then cut in quarter, drizzle over a little rapeseed oil and roast for 40 minutes. The skin goes soft enough to eat and blends perfectly into soup! EASY PEASY!
- Butternut Squash belongs to the pumpkin family! In Australia they call it a butternut pumpkin!
- The term ‘ Butternut Squash recipe ‘ is one of the most searched food term on Pinterest!
- Just ONE cup of butternut squash provides an entire daily dose of vitamin A – this is really important for eye health and the immune system.
- Butternut Squash is often called ‘Winter Squash’ but they are never grown in winter. They are picked in Autumn.
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Vegan Curried Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients
- 1 Butternut Squash
- 60 ml rapeseed oil
- 1 large white onion roughly chopped
- 6 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 large thumb size ginger thinly sliced
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 6 cardamom pods
- ½ tin chopped tomatoes
- 3 tbsp tomato puree
- 400 ml tin coconut milk
- 4 tbsp tahini
- 150 ml water
- 150 ml milk of your choice
- 1 mango peeled and diced
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 180ºC.
- Peel the butternut squash using a potato peeler, then cut in half, de-seed and cut into small chunks. Drizzle over a little rapeseed oil, then roast for around 30 minutes until soft.
- While the butternut squash is roasting, heat the rapeseed oil over a medium heat then gently fry the onions until they are translucent. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for a further minute or two until it is fragrant but not browning.
- Add all of the spices, chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, coconut milk, tahini, water and milk then stir well and bring to a simmer.
- Pour into a blender along with the roasted butternut squash and mango then blend until smooth and creamy.
- Serve with a drizzle of greek yogurt and chopped coriander.
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Recipe Notes & Tips
Writen by Aileen Cox Blundell - number one bestselling author, award winning blogger and Mum of 3 kiddies who all eat their veggies.
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