This Roasted Curried Pumpkin Soup is the ultimate fall comfort food—creamy, warming, and flavorful. With its blend of roasted pumpkin, fragrant spices, and velvety coconut milk, every spoonful is a hug in a bowl!
Course Dinner Lunch
Cuisine Indian
Diet Gluten Free
Keyword Roasted Curried Pumpkin Soup
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Roasting time 40-45 minutes 0 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Ingredients
1 medium pumpkin or butternut squash (1½ lbs) peeled, seeded, and cut into cubes
1medium onion, chopped
6/8cherry tomatoes or ½ cup diced tomatoes
4/5clovesgarlic
2tbspolive oil
1/2tspthyme, fresh or dried
1/2tsp turmeric powder
1tsp coriander powder
1tbsp garam masala
4/5curry leaves, dried or fresh
1tsp cumin seeds
1/2tsp black mustard seeds
2/3 small dried chilies
2tbspbutter
1tbsplemon juice
salt to taste
1cup chicken or vegetable broth
1cup heavy cream
¼chopped cilantro leaves
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°F
Place pumpkin, tomatoes, garlic, and chopped onions in a single layer on the baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil, and season with turmeric, coriander powder, salt , thyme leaves, and garam masala, gently toss to combine.
Place into oven and bake for 40/45 minutes or until pumpkin is very tender, stirring at halftime.
Let the roasted pumpkin cool for more minutes.
Spoon-roasted pumpkin mixture into a blender, add chicken broth and puree until it's smooth.
In 4- a quart dutch oven, over medium heat, melt the butter.
Add curry leaves, dried chilies, cumin, and black mustard seeds, and saute for a few minutes.
Add pumpkin puree mixture.
Heat through medium to low heat, stirring occasionally, and add lemon juice and heavy cream, don't boil the mixture, simmer for 4/5 minutes.
Add salt.
Taste, adjust the salt, and lemon juice if need more.
Garnish with cilantro leaves.
Pumpkin Bowls
Remove the tops of the pumpkin, and scoop out the seeds.
Rub with olive oil and salt inside, and bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until it's soft, don't over-bake it, or you can serve without baking it, either way, it will look good.