Low Fat Carrot Coriander Soup Recipes

CARROT & CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a large pan, add 1 chopped onion, then fry for 5 mins until softened.
• Stir in 1 tsp ground coriander and 1 chopped potato, then cook for 1 min.
• Add the 450g peeled and chopped carrots and 1.2l vegetable or chicken stock, bring to the boil, then reduce the heat.
• Cover and cook for 20 mins until the carrots are tender.
• Tip into a food processor with a handful of coriander then blitz until smooth (you may need to do this in two batches). Return to pan, taste, add salt if necessary, then reheat to serve.

CARROT CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil or butter in a pan large enough to hold all the ingredients.
• Add carrots and onion. Stir well. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Add crushed coriander seeds, ground coriander and mace. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Add 6 cups of vegetable stock, and all other ingredients except the additional stock, and the cream and cilantro. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 30-40 minutes or until carrots and barley are tender.
• Whiz the soup in a food processor (you'll probably need to do this in at least two batches), and return to cooking pan.
• Stir in the last 2-4 cups of vegetable stock (depending on how thin a soup you want) and the cream, if used.
• Heat through, but do not boil.
• Serve, garnished generously with chopped cilantro.

LOW-FAT CARROT & CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Spray a little oil into base of stock pot (although you can dry-fry the onions).
• Add the onions and gently cook for a few miniutes.
• Add the ground coriander and gently stir this in, cook for a further minute.
• Stir in the tomatoes & carrots and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock and plenty of black pepper, according to taste.
• Simmer for 25 minutes with the lid on.
• Put the soup through a blender, blend to preferred consistency.
• Add the coriander (parsley & chives if no coriander is to be found)near the end of the process, so that the leaves are roughly chopped.
• Reheat and season to taste.
• Serve in bowls and swirl in the low fat cream for presentation purposes only.
• Serve with warm crusty bread.