Description
Hearty carrot soup packs powerful anti-inflammatory benefits with ginger and turmeric. Warming ingredients from Mediterranean regions blend seamlessly, offering wellness in each comforting spoonful you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 4 large carrots, peeled and chopped
- 1 can (400 mL/14 oz) coconut milk
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1 tsp turmeric powder (or 1 tbsp fresh turmeric, grated)
- ½ tsp cumin (optional, for extra depth of flavor)
- ½ tsp salt (adjust to taste)
- ¼ tsp black pepper (enhances turmeric absorption)
- 1 tbsp olive oil (or coconut oil)
- Juice of ½ lemon (for brightness)
Instructions
- Sauté Foundation: Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, creating a flavor base with translucent, softened onions.
- Spice Awakening: Introduce minced garlic, grated ginger, and turmeric, allowing the aromatics to bloom and intensify their essence, releasing deep, complex flavors.
- Vegetable Fusion: Add sliced carrots, vegetable broth, salt, ground black pepper, and optional cumin, bringing the mixture to a vigorous boil before reducing to a gentle simmer for 20 minutes until vegetables become tender and harmonize.
- Texture Transformation: Puree the mixture using an immersion blender or carefully transfer to a standard blender, creating a velvety-smooth consistency that melds all ingredients into a cohesive, creamy soup.
- Finishing Touches: Stir in coconut milk and a splash of lemon juice, adjusting seasonings to balance the soup’s depth and brightness, then garnish with fresh cilantro leaves, crunchy pumpkin seeds, or a delicate coconut milk drizzle to elevate both visual appeal and textural complexity.
Notes
- Optimize Spice Blooming: Sauté ginger, turmeric, and garlic for 30-60 seconds to unlock maximum flavor and enhance their anti-inflammatory properties without burning.
- Control Liquid Consistency: Adjust vegetable broth quantity to achieve desired soup thickness; for a thinner soup, add more broth, for a creamier texture, reduce liquid and increase coconut milk.
- Boost Nutritional Value: Consider adding roasted garlic or a handful of spinach during blending to increase nutrient density and create deeper flavor complexity.
- Dietary Adaptation: Make the soup vegan-friendly by using vegetable broth, dairy-free for those with sensitivities, and gluten-free by ensuring broth ingredients are certified gluten-free.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 320 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 19 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg