Coconut Creamy Soup Recipe

A creamy coconut soup flavoured with Thai curry paste and served topped with fried onions.

Cooking Time and Serve Estimate for Coconut Creamy Soup Recipe

Cooking Time : 10 min.
Preparation Time : 15 min.

Serves 4.

Ingredients for making Coconut Creamy Soup Recipe

3 cups Coconut Milk
1 teaspoon cornflour
2 stalks lemon grass , tied into a bundle
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon soya sauce
1/2 cup mixed vegetables (peas, mushrooms, broccoli, baby corn), blanched
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon oil
salt and pepper to taste

Ingredients for the Coconut Creamy Soup paste

1 dried red chilli
1 onion
1 clove garlic , crushed
1 teaspoon ginger, grated
1 teaspoon oil

Ingredients for the garnish Coconut Creamy Soup

fried sliced onions

Method for the Coconut Creamy Soup paste

1. Heat the oil in a small pan and fry the red chilli till it is crisp. Drain and keep aside.

2. In the same oil, fry the onion till light brown, cool.

3. Make a paste of the garlic, ginger, red chilli and fried onion in a blender. Keep aside.

How to proceed to prepare Coconut Creamy Soup Recipe

1. Mixed the cornflour with the coconut milk.

2. Heat the oil in a vessel and add the coconut milk and cornflour mix, lemon grass, lemon juice, soya sauce, vegetables, sugar, salt and pepper.

3. Add the paste when the soup starts to simmer.

4. Add enough water to adjust the consistency.

5. Simmer for a few minutes.

6. Remove the lemon grass before serving.

7. Serve hot garnished with fried sliced onions.