Saturday 5 September 2009

Pumpkin, coconut and lime soup

Ingredients
Prepared weight 1kg pumpkin, chopped and skin removed.
1 lime
300ml coconut milk
2 cloves garlic
Yellow split peas

Method
Fry the crushed garlic for 1 minute. Add the pumpkin, split peas and enough boiling water or stock to cover them. Allow to cook until the pumpkin and split peas are soft. Add the coconut milk and lime juice. Add water or stock to achieve the desired consistency.
Puree the soup.

Thoughts
Garnish would be nice eg pumpkin seeds or chopped herbs.