SPICY PUMPKIN SOUP
1 tablespoon butter
2 medium yellow onions
2 cloves garlic
2 teaspoons ginger
1 ½ teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon ground coriander
pinch cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups vegetable broth
2 bay leaves
3 ½ cups pumpkin puree
[about 1 medium hokkaido in chunks]
1cup water
3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
pinch black pepper
yoghurt
pumpkin seeds
_ chop onions and mince garlic
_ peel and mince ginger
_ sauté onions in butter [about 5 minutes]
_ add garlic, ginger and spices [roast for a minute or two]
_ add broth, water, bay leaves and pumpkin puree [or rather small pumpkin chunks]
_ bring to a boil and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes
[add water if this gets too thick]
_ remove bay leaves and puree soup
_ right before serving stir in cream and season to taste with pepper [salt if necessary]
_ top off with yoghurt and sprinkle with roasted pumpkin seeds
WÜRZIGE KÜRBISSUPPE
1 Esslöffel Butter
2 mittelgroße gelbe Zwiebeln
2 Zehen Knoblauch
2 Teelöffel Ingwer
1 ½ Teelöffel Currypulver
1 Teelöffel gemahlener Kreuzkümmel
½ Teelöffel gemahlener Koriander
Prise Zimt
1 Teelöffel Salz
1 l Gemüsebrühe
2 Lorbeerblätter
3 ½ Tassen Kürbispüree
[etwa 1 mittelgroßer Hokkaido in Stücken]
250 ml Wasser
3 Esslöffel Schlagsahne
Prise schwarzer Pfeffer
Joghurt
Kürbiskerne