Carrot Ginger Soup

Ingredients:

• Carrot 3 normal size (1 ½ lb), chopped
• Ginger 1 inch, graded
• Onion 1 medium size, finely chopped
• Garlic 2 cloves, finely chopped
• Coconut milk ½ can
• Vegetable Stock 1 ½ cups
• Curry powder 2 tsp
• Coriander 1 fistful finely chopped
• Butter 1-2 tbsp
• Olive oil (just a bit)
• Zest and juice of 1 lemon
• Salt, pepper, kayan pepper (optional)
• Scallion, finely chopped for garnish
  

Sauté the onion in butter/olive oil (2 minutes), add garlic (1 minute) add curry powder, salt, pepper, kayan (3 minutes) add ginger (1 minute) add carrots, sauté for 5 minutes then add vegetable stock and let cook, low heat for 15-20 minutes until carrots are tender. Let cool down a bit, add coconut milk, coriander and lemon juice/zest and blend well until very smooth … taste and adjust the seasoning. Garnish with fresh chopped scallions. Noosh e jaan!