Serves 4  

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, diced

2 carrots, diced

2 garlic gloves, minced

2 tsp cumin, ground

2 tsp curry powder

1 kg pumpkin, diced

150g red lentils

400ml tin coconut milk

600ml stock, or water

2 kaffir lime leaves, optional

1 lime, juiced

salt, to taste

yoghurt, to serve

pumpkin seeds, to serve

1.

Prepare all the ingredients. Deseed and skin the pumpkin.

2.

Heat a large Le Crueset French Oven over medium-high heat. Add oil. Add onion and carrot and saute for 5 minutes or until softened. Add the garlic and spices and saute until fragrant.

3.

Add pumpkin, red lentils, coconut milk, stock/water, kaffir lime leaves. Stir and bring to the boil.

4.

Reduce heat to low and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the lentils and pumpkin are soft. Add lime juice and salt to taste.

5.

Serve in bowls, top with yoghurt and pumpkin seeds.

If you like your soup thinner, add extra stock or water.  

For an extra creamy soup, add half sweet potato, half pumpkin.

A soft pumpkin like Jap or Butternut works best in this soup.

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28cm Satin Black
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