Name: Coriander Carrot Soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp vegetable oil; 1 large leek; 2 potatoes; 1 tsp ground coriander; 500g carrots; 1½ litre vegetable stock; 25g fresh coriander (including for garnish)

Coriander Carrot Soup

12 Apr 2016

by RickRock

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

5 minutes

Total Time

10 minutes

Background

This is coriander carrot soup is another quick, simple and delicious one to make using a pressure cooker. It's really warming and quite filling despite being low in calories - only about 80 kCal per portion. The flavour is rather subtle and, if you're not dieting, it's great with chunky fresh wholemeal bread!

Ingredients

1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 large leek
2 potatoes
1 tsp ground coriander
500g carrots
1½ litre vegetable stock
25g fresh coriander (including for garnish)

Instructions

Roughly chop up all the vegetables.
Heat up the oil over a medium heat in the pressure cooker. Put in the leek and stir gently until it softens.
Add the potatoes and carrots, then stir in the ground coriander before adding the stock. Season to taste.
Pop on the lid and bring up to pressure (as per manufacturer's instructions) and cook for 5 minutes (high pressure) or 7 (medium).
Allow to cool by itself then remove the lid and add most of the fresh coriander, keeping back some for garnish. Use a hand blender to create a nice smooth creamy texture and serve it up!

Tips

If you don't have a pressure cooker, you can use a heavy-based pan but you'll need to simmer it for about 25 minutes.
It's particularly nice with a dollop of crème fraîche or soured cream.