Thursday, 15 May 2025

Life Down Wattle Lane v2 - Thai Pumpkin Soup

We had a dismal summer harvest this year, which I put it down to the unusually cooler summer temperatures, and the plants were very slow to get underway... but we did end up with 5 usable pumpkins.

I like pumpkins in that they are very easy to grow, easy to store and the crown pumpkin produces a good useable flesh yield.

I thought I would share this very simple, cheap and tasty Pumpkin Soup recipe. I only needed to use half of a pumpkin and we had some leftover roast chicken from the night before... so I used that to garnish the soup... there was enough for 3 adult servings. 

THAI PUMPKIN SOUP

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp soft brown sugar
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1.2 kg pumpkin, peeled and diced (about 1 medium)
2 cups water
1 x 400ml can coconut milk
1-2 red chillies, finely chopped
1/2 tsp finely grated lemon zest, (optional)
1 tbsp fish sauce
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup chopped coriander, or parsley

Method

Heat oil in a big pot and gently cook onion, sugar and garlic until softened (8-10 minutes).

Add all other ingredients except fresh coriander and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes.

Mash roughly, adjust seasonings to taste and mix through coriander.

The recipe was from Anabelle Langbein.