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LukeA
Sat, Jul-22-06, 18:37
2 tablespoons butter
2 large onions chopped
5 large cloves garlic (or garlic powder to taste)
2 or 3 teaspoons basic curry powder
1/4 teaspoon fresh ginger chopped/crushed (or substitute powdered dry)
A very small pinch of saffron
1 1/2 pounds of cauliflower florets chopped coarse (fresh or frozen)
About 8 ounces of chopped yam
About 2 litres of chicken or turkey stock (homemade or not.)
1 to 2 tablespoons lime juice (fresh is best, but bottled is fine)
salt and pepper to taste

In a saucepan saute butter, onions and garlic until softened. Add curry powder, ginger. Cook another two or three minutes.
Add cauliflower, yam, and chicken stock to the saucepan and simmer covered until vegetables are softened using moderate heat, stirring occasionally.
Transfer soup to food processor or blender and process until smooth. (this step can be skipped if you prefer of course.)
Return to heat, add saffron, lime juice, salt and pepper. Once desired temperature is reached, serve.

Not sure of the carb count...try myplan or fitday to find out nutritional information if needed. Not suitable for some plans, or until later on because of the yams.

Blondie888
Mon, Sep-11-06, 18:33
This sounds wonderful. What was your inspiration for it? Just out of curiousity, do you think that canned pumpkin could be used in place of the yams?

LukeA
Tue, Sep-12-06, 02:35
Thank you. :)

I don't really know what my inspiration was...I just used the ingredients I had....I like to experiment, so this just happened to be something that I thought turned out well to make a nice side soup. I like the combination of lime with curries so I just happened to try it.

I definately think the use of canned pumpkin instead of the yams would work out fine.....that would definately work for those needing something with a little bit less carbohydrates. You could probably just add the pumpkin in when pureeing the soup, as its already cooked. If you do go ahead and try it with the pumpkin it would be great if you got back to me on how it worked.

Blondie888
Tue, Sep-12-06, 14:57
I will definitely let you know how this turns out. Is there any substitution for saffron? I doubt it, and that's the ingredient I know I don't have. Once I get my next pay, I'll get some, and try this out. This recipe is exotic and follows my cooking law of "throw a bunch of stuff in a pot and cook it." :lol:

LukeA
Tue, Sep-12-06, 15:52
You could probably just omit the saffron and it shouldnt be to noticeable. To add a little color a little tumeric might work. :)

Blondie888
Tue, Sep-12-06, 16:12
Okay, you won me over. I'm trying it ASAP! :p