Time 20m Yield 8 Number Of Ingredients 10 Steps:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Arrange pumpkin seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet. Toast in preheated oven for about 10 minutes, or until seeds begin to brown. Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in flour and curry powder until smooth. Cook, stirring, until mixture begins to bubble. Gradually whisk in broth, and cook until thickened. Stir in pumpkin and half-and-half. Season with soy sauce, sugar, salt, and pepper. Bring just to a boil, then remove from heat. Garnish with roasted pumpkin seeds.
Time 1h10m Yield 6 Number Of Ingredients 10 Steps:
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, curry, and cumin; saute, stirring often, until onion is soft and fragrant. Stir in apples, pumpkin, broth, water, and sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Puree soup in a food processor or a blender. Return soup to saucepan; reheat, covered, over low heat.
Time 25m Yield 4 servings. Number Of Ingredients 11 Steps:
In a saucepan over medium heat, saute onion in oil until tender. Add the broth, pumpkin, lemon juice, curry powder, sugar, salt if desired and pepper; bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in cream; heat through. Garnish with parsley if desired.
Yield Makes 10 to 12 servings Number Of Ingredients 16 Steps:
Cook onions in butter in a wide 6-quart heavy pot over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add cumin, coriander, and cardamom and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in salt, red pepper flakes, pumpkin, water, broth, and coconut milk and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. Purée soup in batches in a blender until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids), transferring to a large bowl, and return soup to pot. Keep soup warm over low heat. Heat oil in a small heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook mustard seeds until they begin to pop, about 15 seconds. Add curry leaves and cook 5 seconds, then pour mixture into pumpkin soup. Stir until combined well and season soup with salt. Soup can be thinned with additional water.
Time 20m Yield 7 servings. Number Of Ingredients 13 Steps:
In a large saucepan, saute the mushrooms and onion in butter until tender. Stir in the flour and curry powder until blended. Gradually add the broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add the pumpkin, milk, honey, salt, pepper and nutmeg; heat through. Garnish with chives if desired.
Time 1h25m Yield 4 servings (1 1/4 cups each) Number Of Ingredients 12 Steps:
Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Add the rice, and simmer until tender, 30 to 40 minutes. Strain and let cool. Meanwhile, combine 2 tablespoons of the raisins and 1 tablespoon of the vinegar in a small bowl. Let sit at room temperature until ready to serve. Pulse 1/4 cup of the nuts, the remaining 3 tablespoons vinegar and 2 tablespoons raisins, 2 tablespoons water, tomato paste, curry powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in a food processor until a coarse paste forms, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the coarse paste, and cook, stirring frequently, until the oil begins to separate and the paste is brick red, 6 to 8 minutes. Add splashes of water if the paste sticks to the bottom of the pan at all. Add the chicken broth, pumpkin puree and 1 cup water, and whisk until blended. Bring to a simmer, whisking occasionally, and continue simmering until the soup has reduced and is slightly thicker than heavy cream, 30 to 40 minutes. Season with salt, and stir in about 3/4 of the cooked wild rice. Divide the hot soup among 4 soup bowls. Top each with some of the remaining rice and 1/4 cup cashews, vinegar-soaked raisins and pepper flakes.
Time 25m Yield 6 to 8 servings Number Of Ingredients 18 Steps:
Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over a medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the onion, garlic and ginger and stir. Add the curry powder, salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until the vegetables begin to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the pumpkin puree, vegetable stock, coconut milk, brown sugar and cinnamon. Stirring, bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes, allowing all the flavors to come together. Meanwhile, mix the pumpkin seeds, cilantro, parsley, olive oil, turmeric and salt together in a small bowl. Serve the soup in bowls and garnish with the herby pumpkin seed topping.
Yield Makes 8 to 10 servings Number Of Ingredients 13 Steps:
Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions, leeks, carrot, and apple and sauté over medium-low heat until the onions are translucent, about 15 minutes. Add the curry, spice sachet, and the remaining vegetables. Pour in the water and bring to a gentle simmer, for about 45 minutes, until the vegetables are very soft. Remove the spice sachet and puree the vegetable mixture in a food mill. To give the soup a silky-smooth texture, pass through a fine-mesh strainer. Transfer the soup to a saucepan. Add the cream and taste and adjust the seasoning. Heat gently just until warmed through. Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with the chives. TO DRINK: Riesling, Pikes Clare Valley
Time 50m Yield 10 Number Of Ingredients 11 Steps:
In 4-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Cook onion and garlic in oil 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir in curry powder, salt, red pepper, pumpkin and broth. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; cool 10 minutes. Into blender, slowly pour half of soup mixture. Cover; blend on high speed about 15 seconds or until smooth. Pour into medium bowl. Repeat with remaining soup. Return all pureed soup to Dutch oven; stir in whipping cream. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until thoroughly heated. Garnish individual servings with crème fraîche and fresh thyme.
Time 20m Yield 4 Number Of Ingredients 11 Steps:
In 3-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until onion is crisp-tender. Stir in all remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender. If desired, season to taste with pepper.
