Sweet Potato and Sesame Soup with Roasted Coconut
Ingredients
- Ingredients
¼ Fry’s Polony/Slicing Sausage, cubed
1 red onions, chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
20ml fresh ginger, finely chopped
30ml olive oil
20ml margarine
45ml dry sherry
2 tsp rapadura/coconut sugar
500ml/2cups water
3 sweet potatoes, chopped
4 carrots, chopped
15ml tomato paste
1 tsp Himalayan Salt
10ml sesame seeds, toasted (set aside some for serving)
1 tsp chilli flakes
400ml/1 tin coconut milk
Handful fresh coriander, chopped
15ml cumin seeds, toasted
½ lemon, squeezed
Fresh/shaved coconut, toasted for serving
Preparation
- Preparation
Serves 8 (or 4 if you have 3 very hungry boys in your family)
Method
Sweat the onions, garlic and ginger in the olive oil and butter for about 5 minutes.
Add the sherry and sugar and continue cooking until the mixture is thick and sticky, about 5 minutes.
Add the water, sweet potatoes, carrots, tomato paste, sesame seeds, chilli flakes, coconut milk & salt.
Simmer until all the vegetables are soft, about 30-40 min.
Add more water only if necessary.
Purée with a hand blender.
Fry the cubed Polony in a little bit of oil until crispy and set aside.
Add the coriander, cumin seeds and lemon juice.
Serve hot with sesame seeds, coconut and Polony.
Serve with Sourdough or Rye Bread.