An easy to prepare thick blended soup which tastes scrumptious and is gorgeously colourful, spicy and warming. Serve this sweet potato & carrot soup with bread to make it extra filling.
It may not yet be #Soupvember, but the days have turned mighty chilly and November is indeed very nearly upon us. This is the time of year when soups and stews come into their own. They’re easy to make, nourishing and usually delicious.
Sweet Potato & Carrot Soup
This sweet potato & carrot soup is simple to make. It’s just a matter of roughly chopping some veg, frying it, adding stock, spices and coconut milk and simmering until cooked. All you have to do at this point is blitz it all with a blender until smooth. Then ladle it into bowls.
It’s quite a thick soup. This makes it rather sumptuous to eat and also somewhat filling. You may or may not want to serve it with some sort of bread depending on how hungry you are and whether this is the main meal of the day.
The soup is vegan, but you could always grate a little cheese over the top for extra nourishment. If you want to keep it vegan, try some crumbled tofu. You could either fry up some smoked tofu or marinade some plain tofu before frying. The maple tofu in this vegan rice bowl recipe would work well.
We had the soup for supper two nights running with some chopped up basil and homemade bread. It was scrumptious, filling and just what we needed after such chilly days. The bright orange reflected the autumnal colours abounding in the New Forest at the moment which added to the glow caused by our homegrown chilli.
We had the soup for supper two nights running with some chopped up basil and homemade bread. It was scrumptious, filling and just what we needed after such chilly days. The bright orange reflected the autumnal colours abounding in the New Forest at the moment which added to the glow caused by our homegrown chilli.
Whilst no pumpkins were harmed in the making of this soup, it’s the perfect colour for Halloween. It would be ideal for reviving hypothermic trick-or-treaters.
How To Get Silky Smooth Soup
Stick blenders are all well and good, but if you want a really smooth soup, the power blender is your friend. I used my fabulous Vac2 Blender to blitz the sweet potato & carrot soup. Using a power blender makes the soup extra smooth and gives it a really nice mouth feel.
Other Recipes For Autumnal Soups You Might Like
- Apple & parsnip soup
- Beetroot miso soup
- Butternut squash and red pepper soup
- Ribollita: Tuscan kale & vegetable soup
- Roasted tomato, lentil & carrot soup
- Ukrainian dumpling soup
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Sweet Potato And Carrot Soup
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp neutral cooking oil (I used rice oil)
- 1 large onions roughly sliced
- 4 carrots roughly chopped
- 2 sweet potatoes roughly chopped
- 4 ripe medium tomatoes roughly chopped
- 1 plump clove of garlic peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 small red chilli seeds removed if you don’t like your soup too hot
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- pinch fennel seeds optional
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 500 ml vegetable stock
- sea salt to taste – you may not need any additional salt if your veg stock is already salted
- 1 dash good quality soy sauce (I used tamari)
- 400 ml tinned coconut milk
Instructions
- Fry the onions and seeds with the oil in a large pan over a gentle heat until the onions start to soften – about 5 minutes.2 tbsp neutral cooking oil, 1 large onions, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp coriander seeds, pinch fennel seeds
- Add the carrot and sweet potatoes and fry for a further 5 minutes.4 carrots, 2 sweet potatoes
- Add the tomatoes, garlic, chilli, ground spices and stock. Cover the pan with a lid, bring to the boil, turn the heat down and simmer for 15 minutes.4 ripe medium tomatoes, 1 plump clove of garlic, 1 small red chilli, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp turmeric, 500 ml vegetable stock
- Add remaining ingredients and simmer for a further 5-10 minutes.sea salt, 1 dash good quality soy sauce, 400 ml tinned coconut milk
- Blitz with a blender until smooth.
- Pour into bowls and serve.
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I’m sharing this easy recipe for sweet potato & carrot soup with Easy Peasy Foodie for #CookBlogShare and with Searching for Spice for #CookOnceEatTwice.
Mayuri Patel says
A hearty soup with sweet potato and carrots. Would love to add fennel seeds to give it a unique taste.
Choclette says
Oh yes, good idea. I can see fennel seeds working well.
Balvinder says
The soup sounds wonderful!
Choclette says
Thank you. It’s a really tasty soup – nutritious too, of course 🙂
Eb Gargano says
Oooh yum! Comforting and warming – just perfect for this time of year! Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare 😀 Eb x
Choclette says
Thanks Eb, November is definitely soup weather.
Jo Allison / Jo's Kitchen Larder says
Such a gorgeous looking and sounding soup! I love how wonderfully thick it is too and that it’s got coconut milk in it. I love it in soups but haven’t had it for ages. Your lovely soup would will be a perfect excuse!
Choclette says
Thanks Jo. Coconut seems to go so well with spicy soups and curries.
Cathy says
Carrot and sweet potato is a great combination – so comforting!
Choclette says
Now the weather has turned, I’m all about comfort food.
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I love those flavours Choclette and so, so tasty. Sharing this now!
Choclette says
Thanks Jac. I do like a good homemade soup, but a colourful one makes me feel even more cheerful.
Lucy says
I am in the lookout right now for some soups to make and this is just what I wanted! Love sweet potato and with those delicious spices it will definitely warm me up. Might have to make it in the slow cooker though!
Choclette says
I reckon most soups would be even more delicious made in the slow cooker Lucy. Let me know.
Kat (The Baking Explorer) says
This look so wonderfully warming and cosy for winter!
Choclette says
Yes, just what’s needed after a stomp around in the cold outside.
Corina Blum says
This soup looks so so good – really thick and tempting! We could certainly have done with some after trick or treating on Wednesday. Thanks for sharing with #CookOnceEatTwice!
Choclette says
And what a fine antidote it would make to all those sweet Corina. I hope you didn’t get to chilly.
Michelle Frank | Flipped-Out Food says
I have been in full soup and stew mode for at least the last month, so this recipe is very welcome. It looks so creamy and delicious!
Choclette says
Yes, me too. Soup is most definitely needed at this time of year.
Mandy says
What a lovely looking soup. Sweet potatoes are so lovely in a soup and with all those spices this must be really delicious.
Choclette says
Thanks Mandy. I rarely make soup with sweet potatoes and yet it works so well.
Camilla Hawkins says
Soup season is well and truly here, love this flavour combination and I’ve never thought to put sweet potatoes into a soup so must try this:-)
Choclette says
I don’t add them to soup very often either, but when I do I always think, I must make it more often.
Janice says
I’m always looking for new soup ideas and this sounds right up my street. I love how thick it is, more of a meal than just an appetiser!
Choclette says
This soup is absolutely a meal in itself. I don’t tend to go for soups as appetisers as I find even small amounts can be quite filling.
Michelle Rolfe says
I love this time of year for the soups! Love the variety here in the list so shall be adding some to my weekend batch cooking. Thanks for including our spicy tomato and lentil soup as well. Cheers, Michelle
Choclette says
Soup is such a wonderful thing, but it’s good to ring the changes and not fall always back on the same old favourites.
Ceri Jones says
Love the sound of this soup. I’m not feeling a 100% today and have resorted to shop bought soup – this would have been far more nourishing! great colour too and it looks like the blender did an amazing job!
Choclette says
Thanks Ceri. Hope you’re feeling better now. Soup is just so good when you’re ill and for keeping you fighting fit so you don’t get ill in the first place. That’s the theory, in practice, I’ve had a really horrid cold for the last ten days.
angiesrecipes says
So warming and delicious…perfect for the weather we have here.
Choclette says
I start craving colourful nourishing soups at this time of year.
Kate Hackworthy says
This is such a tasty looking soup. I love all the spices you’ve used in it!
Thanks for linking to my quick Kale Soup
Choclette says
Always a pleasure Kate. As for the soup – bring it on!