Monday, 22 October 2007

Pumpkin Soup


What can i say about this soup.
Well Nothing much than it is a very easy and a delicious soup.

Here in the shops they have this time around a lot of Pupmkins, so i bought this huge pumpkin. So you can expect a another soup recipe from me next week with the other half of the pumpkin :-)


Pumpkin,onions........


Warm and Delicious

Ingrigients:

1 to 1 1/2 kg pumpkin peeled and chopped .
2 l vegetable broth ( i used broth tablets)
1 fat leek chopped
1 onion chopped
2 tbsp concentrated tomato pulp
2 tbsp butter or oil
200 ml cream
Pepper and salt to taste ( Tste the soup when it is done and then add the salt as the broth cubes are mostlti salty)
Method:
Heat the oil and add the onions and leek and fry till they are soft. Then add the pumpkin and the vegetable broth and the tomato pulp and the pepper. Cook for 25 minutes or till the pumpkin is soft.

Puree the soup with a mixer. I always use a hand mixer which is very easy.
Add the cream and enjoy.

I always make my soup in the pressure cooker. So it takes only 10 to 15 minutes to cook.

Mostly when i make this soup i have a whole big pot so i freeze the rest of the soup in portions for another lazy day :-)

53 comments:

  1. Slurp!! I bought a small Pumpkin to make a scary dish for Halloween!;D
    Soup looks yum F, enjoy! Happy Monday!

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  2. That looks delicious. It's perfect for the weather we're having here. Thanks for the recipe, HC:-)

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  3. It looks delicious! and I bet, it must be tasting wonderful too!!!
    Lovely!

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  4. Halloween is just round the corner and here i am already looking at amazing dishes made of pumpkin!! and who can beat a bowl os pumpkin soup!! yummy yum!!

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  5. Asha Scary dish. Is it going to be eatble or just for show.

    TBC Yeah here too it is getting colder and when it is cold soups are a welcome sight

    Cinnamon Yeah it was tasting delicious


    Padmaja Here there is not that much celebrations for Halloween, even though shops sells lot of these halloween goodies. We all love the soup

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  6. Happy cook.....Thatz a real comfort-coup....a pleasing color.......Nice one there :-)

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  7. Nothing can beat a bowl of hearty warm soup...your pumpkin soup does look nice indeed.

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  8. This looks very good :) I've tried a pumpkin and black bean soup once before and was very surprised that I liked it. Shall wait for the other soup recipe as well.

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  9. Pumpkin soup is a great idea! Looking delicious!:)) When I read that broth tablets are available, I am reminded of jetsons comic series where tablets have replaced food!:D Are they really replacing!! :D

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  10. I love soups especially in this cold fall season! Your pumpkin soup looks so comforting !:)

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  11. Srisha Kilambi Thankyou. It is a great soup, it is one of the favourite soup ( she have few) from my daughter

    Sunita Yeah i agree with you. My hubby is a reall soup fan so mostly he want to have a cup before meals.

    Lavanya i will post that next week, it is almost same but with few more ingridients and it is creamier

    Latha Narasimhan. Well let me clear it for you, maybe it is my fault that you got the impression ( i will change in the post)
    What i mean by tablet is the broth cubes we get in the shops, we have to add half a litre water to each cube . The recipe comes from a Flemsih magazine and they say it tablets, so i must have literally translated it :-)))

    Tee thnkyou. Try to make them you will love it

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  12. Good looking soup.. haven't tried pumpkin soup at all... should try urs this winter. thanks.

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  13. Pumpkins...I love 'em! It's a nice short list of ingredients too, sometimes that is so nice...looks delicious!

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  14. excellent soup ....yummy one ...wonderful ...

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  15. yumm..i have all the ingredients...i will make this and let u know!!

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  16. am always up for soup, this looks delicious :) liked the idea of adding some tomato pulp :)
    looking frwrd to more soups....

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  17. I bet it tasted delicious...very yumm...simply perfect...

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  18. This bowl of soup is a delicious and healthy treat!!..Nice colour!!

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  19. Lovely soup! I like it's colour.

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  20. nice color! yummy soup...:) i love to have soups this season!

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  21. Prema sundar. You will love it. It is having such a nice taste.

    Meeso The only time i use pupkins are in the soup and that too in this period

    Deepa Thankyou

    Rajitha Do let me know if you liked it. If you have left over soup you can freeze them


    Rich adding the tomato is my MIL idea she say it gives a nice taste so i too do it

    RemyaIt was delicious

    Bharathy. It is indeed healthy. And my daughter loves the soup as it is fully mixed

    Raks Kitchen Thankyou

    Daily meals Thankyou

    Lissie yeah it does have this beautifull color and the taste is great if i say it myself

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  22. never heard of this....looks yummy

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  23. Yumm..really good in the cold day!

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  24. Beautiful soup!
    Thank you for your comment. I'm very happy to discover your site.

    Greetings, Margot

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  25. I never try any recipe of pumpkin in my life but this soup is delicious my dear thanks for sharing this hot dish as winter is start in India.

    Hava a nice day!!!

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  26. Hi,
    Healthy, good looking soup. Thanks for sharing your recipe

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  27. Shanti Bhanu You should try them they are really easy

    Retno... Indeed it is excelent for a cold weather

    Coffie and Vannila It was a pleasure to discover you site.

    Kajal The onlt time i use pumkin is when i make soup and they are really delicious. It is cold in India? Here it is getting to 1 to 2°c so i swtiched on the heating system today. SHould have done that atleast a week ago but then i was really lazy to clen up the heating system. :-)

    Menu Yoday Thankyou

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  28. luks yumm, happy cook, and the tart, my my!!!...its heavenly!

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  29. Your soups always look so inviting. Could you pass me me on that bowl please. Lovely recipe and nice presentation.

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  30. the pumpkin soup looks so delicious. I was also browsing through the recipes I missed and that kulfi... is yum!

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  31. mmmm...this looks delicious! This is my first time on your site...I'm lovin' it! Thanks.

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  32. I have large pumpkin and I think I will use your recipe.... Thank you for sharing.

    Margot

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  33. Can i have one bowl for my lunch? :) i like the colour, its perfect

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  34. I bought 2 huge pumkins for my kids for halloween. WHat a perfect time to post the soup.

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  35. A kitchen scientis.... Thankyou indeed the tart was also really delicious

    Kribha Thankyou. My spups are mostly very easy to make too

    Mandira Thankyou. Yeah the kulfi was really nice

    Dani spies Welcome to my blog. I am glad you found me:-)

    Coffee and Vannilla Thankyou

    TI thankyou u may have a huge bowl from me :-)

    Mocha well now is them time to use the fles from the pumpkin as mosqtly kids only use the hard things around it to decorate so no waste :-)

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  36. Happy,
    Pumpkin, in any form is acceptable..loved your soup, looks soo tasty..good color..

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  37. Surprising to note that you have not used any spices or herbs for flavour.Must be the cream and the veg broth thats making it rich right ?

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  38. very rich soup! nice color too. have to try out. I only make sambar out of it:))

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  39. Sounds like a good soup to have in fall/winter.

    Thanks for visiting my blog :)

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  40. I eat pumpkin but an not a big fan of the vegetable but I do enjoy it like you've prepared it here, in a soup.

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  41. hey I have tagged you for fantastic four MEME...looking forward for your MEME..

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  42. You're good at soups dear. Looks gr8.

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  43. Happy I smiled when I saw this recipe as I have lots of soup recipes coming and pumpkin too. :) I love your pumpkin soup recipe it looks wonderful and the dish you served it in is beautiful. :)

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  44. Seena Thankyou

    Mishmash You are correct. I have not used any spices ( i forgot to write i used a tsp of pepper powder, thankx for reminding me, i will correct it) but other than that i have not used anything else. But i do have a another soup pumpkin soup recipe which i will post next week which have garlic.

    Sharmi You should try the soup you will really enjoy it. And the only time i use pumpkin is when i make soup :-)

    Tigerfish It is delicious soup. And it was apleasure to discover your site.

    Cynthia You mean it is like your love hatred for the eggplants :-)) The only time i use pumpkin is when i make soup.

    Raks Thankyou for tagging me. Now i have to really think about the MEME. I was telling me to my daughter that you and Asha have tagged me and i don't have nothing much to write about me. But i will still do it.

    Rina Thankyou very much.

    Jeena Missed you while your computer was away. Looking forward for your soup recipies. Yeah i love the soup bowls i have six of them but mostly i used them when i am having guest

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  45. yum! what tasty looking soup, makes me want to run to the shops to buy a pumpkin and make this soup.
    Thanks for sharing

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  46. Saju Thankyou. Why don't you try to make them then they are so easy to make.

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  47. thats one beauty you have here.
    hardly tried recipes with pumpkin

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  48. Soup is yummy HC. I too use pressure cooker only. Viji

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  49. Ansuraj Thankyou

    Vcuisine. I also use always the pressure cooker as it takes so little time.

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  50. I just made your soup! Delicious! I served it with almond flakes and cheese & onion muffins on a side. I will post pictures shortly.

    Have a great day, Margot

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  51. Coffee and Vanilla; Wow you made the soup. Will look forward to your post

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  52. Hi,
    I finally made your soup, and sprinkled it with toasted almond flakes... it was delicious.
    You can see it here:
    http://www.coffeeandvanilla.com/?p=1045
    Margot

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