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Carrot Soup

I love thick creamy soups that are full of natural flavor. A vegetarian supplement is essential and I wanted to prepare it in the form of a soup.

I usually find soup recipes have some cream added for more flavor but this Carrot soup recipe was easy to make without the cream, a delicious soup that can be enjoyed all year round.

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time:25- 30 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Olive oil / butter – 2 tbsp

Carrots – 325 g / 4 medium, roughly chopped into 1 inch after peeling

Potato – 100 g/1 small, peeled & chopped

Pepper – 1 tsp

Salt – as per taste

Water – refer below

 

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a medium, heavy bottomed pan over medium heat. Add chopped carrots and potatoes, stirring for a couple of minutes.

carrot and potato's cooking

Season with salt and pepper. Add 1/4 cup of water. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally for 5 to 10 minutes until they are almost soft. Turn off the heat and let it cool.

 

2. Once they have cooled. Place the carrots & potatoes in a blender with 1 cup water to make a smooth paste.

placing carrots in a blender to make a smooth paste

Smooth paste of carrot & small potato

 

3. Transfer it into the same heavy bottomed pan you used earlier. 

Smooth paste of fresh carrots

Heat until it boils. Serve hot with bread.

Carrot Soup | Delicious Sweet Aroma

 

 

 

Good with: Crusty bread

 

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Pork Wonton Soup Recipe

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Serves: 4

It’s lovely exploring different cultures through food especially the Chinese food. I like Chinese food a lot and we have a lot of restaurants here that provide incredible food. Chinese wontons are commonly served which made me plan on making them at home as I was curious on how it would turn out.

Did you know that there is a difference between a wonton and a dumpling? I always thought they were the same! As I did some research I got to know the difference. A wonton skin is thinner than dumpling. It has a filling of pork or sometimes shrimp which is boiled and served as a soup whereas a dumpling is steamed, sometimes served with or without soup.

Finding a wanton wrapper was easy for me. At the grocery store it was available in the refrigerator section. If you have trouble finding them at your local grocery store look into the Asian/Chinese stores. They are found in round and square shapes mostly frozen I believe. I used the square wanton wrapper to give a desired shape while filling it with pork mince. Check out the video below if you like to know how to make wantons or dumpling in a creative way if you have the time. Until my next post, have a fabulous week!

Ingredients

Corn flour – 1 tbsp

Chicken stock cube – half

Oyster sauce – 1 tbsp

Spring onions & pepper powder for garnish

For the wonton filling:

Wonton pastry – 20 wrappers

Minced pork – 200 g

Spring Onions – 15 g

Ginger-Garlic paste – 1/2 tsp

Egg – 1

Garam masala powder- 1 tsp (optional)

Water / egg yolk for sealing the pastry

Salt

Directions

1. Add all the ingredients for wonton filling and mix together. Keep water in bowl to seal them (you can even use egg yolk) .Make the dumplings as shown in video.

2. In a pot filled with 2 cups boiling water add the rest of the remaining pork mince and cook for 10 mins on medium or until it boils.

remaining minced pork added to boiling water

3. In a small bowl containing 2 tbsp hot water ( I used 2 tbsp of soup), stir in the corn flour until no lumps are found. Also mix in the chicken stock cube. Add this to the pot. Add 1 more cup of water.

Corn flour

4. Carefully drop the wontons one-by-one into the pot. Add garlic. Take a tablespoon of oyster sauce and stir in lightly (you can also add the sauce before dropping the wontons).

Let it cook on low heat for 5 – 10 minutes or until it starts boiling.

wontons ready to cook

pork wontons droppped into the cooking pot with garlic

Oyster sauce

5. Garnish with spring onions and pepper powder. Serve hot.

Pork Wonton

Pork wontons soup garnished with spring onion

Note:

* If you have the wonton wrapper in the freezer. Place it in the refrigerator section for an hour or two before making the wontons. If you plan to make it right away keep it out in a warm area so it gets easier to remove the wrapper skin easily.

 

 

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