Name: Zucchini curry soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 95 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Classic
Ingredients: 350 g courgettes chopped; 1/2 tsp paprika; 1/2 tsp cumin ground; 1/2 tsp coriander ground; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 2 cardamom pods; 1 coriander seeds; 2 paprika; 1 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp cloves ground; 2 butter; fresh ginger grated; 8 garlic cloves, minced; 4 fresh chillies birds eye, finely chopped; 2 tomatoes peeled and chopped; green salad to serve; bread crusty

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Ingredients (17)

350 g	courgettes — chopped
1/2 tsp	paprika
1/2 tsp	cumin — ground
1/2 tsp	coriander — ground
	salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste

CURRY SAUCE:

2	cardamom — pods
1	coriander — seeds
2	paprika
1 tsp	turmeric
1/2 tsp	cloves — ground
2	butter
	fresh ginger — grated
8	garlic — cloves, minced
4	fresh chillies — birds eye, finely chopped
2	tomatoes — peeled and chopped
	green salad — to serve

green salad

bread — crusty

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Method:

Preheat oven to 190º C.

Arrange the chopped zucchini in an oven safe baking tray and drizzle with olive oil. Then sprinkle with paprika, cumin and coriander. Season and roast in the oven until soft – takes about 20 minutes.

While the zucchini roasts; For the sauce – in a saucepan, add the cardamom pods, coriander seeds, paprika, turmeric and ground cloves on medium heat to dry roast. Leave on the stove until the aromas fill your kitchen – transfer the spices to a pestle and mortar and grind until fine.

Add the butter to the saucepan and saute the garlic, ginger and chilli. Add the ground up spices and mix. Add the tinned tomatoes and the yogurt and simmer for 30 minutes.

After this time, transfer the sauce to a food processor and blend until smooth. I also like to use a sieve for my sauce, this just get rid of the small pieces of the spices. Leave to simmer for 10 minutes more.

Add the roasted and mashed zucchini to the sauce and serve with crusty bread and a green salad. Serves two.

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