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Creamy Coconut Pumpkin Soup

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Creamy Coconut Pumpkin Soup
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Health Score:
84 / 100
Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
30 min.
Preparation
ready in 55 min.
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Calories:
390
calories
Calories

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Nutritional values

The coconut milk in this vegan pumpkin soup adds delicious creaminess as well as powerful minerals and vitamins inluding calcium, managanese and copper. 

Many types of pumpkin can be used in the soup; the butternut pumpkin, for example, further enhances the creaminess of the pumpkin soup. 

1 each contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie390 cal.(19 %)
Protein7 g(7 %)
Fat30 g(26 %)
Carbohydrates22 g(15 %)
Sugar added5 g(20 %)
Roughage5.4 g(18 %)
Vitamin A0.2 mg(25 %)
Vitamin D0.1 μg(1 %)
Vitamin E2.5 mg(21 %)
Vitamin K7.9 μg(13 %)
Vitamin B₁0.2 mg(20 %)
Vitamin B₂0.1 mg(9 %)
Niacin3 mg(25 %)
Vitamin B₆0.3 mg(21 %)
Folate84 μg(28 %)
Pantothenic acid0.9 mg(15 %)
Biotin8.3 μg(18 %)
Vitamin B₁₂0 μg(0 %)
Vitamin C48 mg(51 %)
Potassium878 mg(22 %)
Calcium71 mg(7 %)
Magnesium89 mg(30 %)
Iron5.1 mg(34 %)
Iodine5 μg(3 %)
Zinc1.5 mg(19 %)
Saturated fatty acids22.7 g
Uric acid81 mg
Cholesterol17 mg
Complete sugar20 g

Ingredients

for
4
Ingredients
21 ozs Pumpkin
3 shallots
1 oz ginger
1 garlic clove
1 Red chili pepper
2 Tbsps butter
1 Tbsp brown sugar
8 ½ ozs Orange juice
8 ½ ozs Broth
13 ½ ozs Coconut milk (canned)
2 Tbsps Pumpkin seed
salt
freshly ground peppers
1 pinch Ground cinnamon
½ tsp ginger (ground)
How healthy are the main ingredients?
PumpkinCoconut milkOrange juicePumpkin seedgingersugar

Preparation steps

1.

Rinse pumpkin and cut about 3 1/2 ounces into thin slices. Chop the rest coarsely. Peel shallots, garlic and ginger. Cut shallots into thin rings, set 1-2 tablespoons of shallots aside for garnishing. Chop garlic and ginger finely. Rinse chile pepper and remove seeds and ribs, cut into rings (set some aside for garnishing). 

2.

Heat butter in a saucepan and saute shallots, ginger, garlic and chile pepper for a few minutes. Add chopped pumpkin and sprinkle with sugar, caramelize slightly. Add juice, broth and coconut milk and simmer for about 20 minutes or until pumpkin is soft.

3.

Toast pumpkin seeds in a dry pan and cool. 

4.

Puree soup finely and add more broth or simmer down to reach desired consistency. Season with salt, pepper, cinnamon and ginger. Pour into bowls and garnish with shallots rings, pumpkin slices, chile pepper rings and pumpkin seeds. Serve. 

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