Sweet Potato and Coconut Soup

This is my first instructable so I hope you enjoy it.

This is a beautiful creamy, slightly sweet, warming soup which is really easy to make in less than 30 minutes.

Step 1: Ingredients

2 tbsp Olive Oil
2 cloves of Garlic
1 Onion sliced
2 pinches of Chilli Flakes
2 pinches of Ground Ginger
400g of Sweet Potato
400ml of chicken or vegetable stock
200g Creamed Coconut
50g Fresh Coriander leaves chopped (optional)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Coriander or Spinach to garnish

Step 2: Heat Oil

Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan, add the finely chopped onion and the crushed garlic. Gently fry off for 3-4 minutes until soft and golden brown.

Step 3: Add Spices and Sweet Potato

Once the onion and garlic are cooked through add the chilli flakes, ground ginger frying for a further 2-3 minutes.
Then add the peeled and chopped sweet potato cooking for a further 2-3 minutes.

Step 4: Add the Stock and Coconut

Now add the stock (hot)  and coconut. Allow to cook for about 10 minutes.
Take care when adding hot liquid to a hot pan.
At this stage if you wish to add the optional chopped coriander leaves then do so.

Step 5: Remove from Heat

Remove from the heat and allow to cool before pouring into a blender or food processor.

Beware of adding hot liquids to a blender. Hot liquids can scald!

Blend until a smooth and even consistency.

You might find that you need to add a little warm water to thin but this is entirely up to you.

Step 6: Get ready to enjoy.....

Reheat or store in freezer.
If you are going to freeze the soup then it is essential to let the soup reach room temperature before putting it in suitable containers and freezing.

Season to taste and garnish with Coriander (or anything green), serve with home made crusty bread. Its really delightful.

Comments

[Whatsername]

This soup is delicious! Really easy, too. My daugher and I finished the entire pot off between the two of us. Will make again very soon!

[Mindmapper1]

Excellent I am so glad you both liked it! Well worth spending the time making the instructable to receive a comment like that! Really appreciated.

[timweaver17]

hey, I just made this, and I am waiting until supper to try it.

Just had a couple of questions that I discovered as I was making this.
1. What size and type of onions do you recommend?
2. When cooking the soup after adding all broth/stock and coconut, what setting of heat should one use? Low, Medium, High?

Can't wait to try this... it smelled really good when I was cooking it for the family.

[clibanarius]

Excellent, easy soup. And it introduced us to creamed coconut! We had no crusty bread, but stirring in basmati rice was quite nice as well.

[lizzieslayter]

Hi,
Your recipe looks great. A question before I try it: Is the "creamed coconut" the same as coconut milk?

[porcupinemamma]

Oh-my-goodness! This soup looks sooooooo good

[aqvatour]

Not bad. It's usual soup in Thailand

[hamstanz]

Kumara is a better name than sweet potato

[HvideHund]

If you can't get creamed coconut, would it work to substitute coconut milk? If so, how much?

Thanks for posting this recipe, it looks great!

[Mindmapper1]

Yes you can use coconut milk or cream, works just as well.

[Bestrenommiert]

Where do I get sulfur-free Creamed Coconut in germany?

[Mindmapper1]

Hi mmm not sure its pretty universal stuff either canned or in cartons. In the UK we get it in most big supermarkets or specialist food markets.

[Bestrenommiert]

I happened to get nightmares after drinking those. I guess the additions are psychoactive like drugs. Not good.

So I'd need to get Creamed coconut without the additions, I guess it is sulphur-free what I need. Can you have a look at your ccpackage and tell me the ingredients?

[Mindmapper1]

The stuff I used is made by Pride and contains coconut and E220 (whatever that might be). www.westmill.co.uk

[jrossetti]

This looks like a really good soup. Don't forget to enter it into the Soup Contest!

[Mindmapper1]

Thanks it tastes really good too........

[ChrysN]

Looks good!