seriously special soups

You need to have this delightfully warming pumpkin soup in your little black book of dinners. Serve with a swirl of cream.

Pumpkin soup

onion,

carrots,

garlic

bay leaf

unsalted butter

olive oil

pumpkin

floury potato,

litre/1¾ pint vegetable or chicken stock, a little extra may be needed

100 milliliters/3½fl oz double cream

pumpkin seeds

salt and black pepper

Mulligatawny is a richly flavoured soup, spiced with curry powder and thickened with rice. Perfect for a cold day, serve with a dollop of tangy sour cream.

This meal, if served as five portions, provides 245kcal, 5g protein, 36g carbohydrate (of which 12g sugars), 8g fat (of which 3.5g saturates), 5g fibre and 0.4g salt per portion.

Mulligatawny soup

butter

sunflower oil

garlic cloves, chopped

celery sticks, thinly sliced

sweet potato, peeled,

eating apple, peeled, quartered,

tbsp medium curry powder

vegetable or chicken stock cube (low-salt is best)

water

tomato purée

mango chutney

100 grams/3½oz basmati rice

grams/3½oz natural yoghurt

coriander

French onion soup is very easy to make and is deeply savoury and hearty - and cheesy croûtons make it extra special!

French onion soup

onions,

milliliters/3½fl oz white wine

tbsp Madeira, plus extra once cooked, to taste (optional)

beef stock

parsley

French bread

garlic,

grams/3½oz gruyère

Our simple step-by-step recipe video for delicious French onion soup.

How to make French onion soup

This easy sambar is packed with vegetables and topped with a 'tarka' of fried onions with spices. Sambar is vegan and gluten-free, and is traditionally served over rice or with dosas or idlis in Tamil Nadu.

This meal, if served as six portions, provides 192kcal, 5g protein, 16g carbohydrate (of which 5.5g sugars), 11g fat (of which 1.5g saturates), 4g fibre and 1.3g salt.

Sambar

grams/3½oz toor dal

grams/3½oz carrots,

grams/3½oz green beans,

tomato,

1½ tsp ground turmeric

sugar

salt

milliliters/2fl oz vegetable oil

chana dal

tsp fenugreek seeds

coriander seeds

Kashmiri chillies with seeds

curry leaves

tsp asafoetida

vegetable oil

tsp black mustard seeds

fenugreek seeds

Classic tom yum soup with all the hot sour flavours you'd expect. Packed with herbs, spices and vegetables. 

Tom yum soup

chicken stock

300 milliliters/11fl oz water

lemongrass,

coriander roots, crushed

110 grams/4 ounces fresh galangal, peeled and sliced (available from Asian supermarkets)

tomatoes,

kaffir lime leaves

juice

red chillies, thinly sliced

75 milliliters/3fl oz fish sauce (nam pla),

75 grams/3 ounces palm sugar (available from Asian supermarkets), use brown sugar

prawns,

chicken breasts,

coriander, leaves

lime wedges

Herbs, pulses, noodles, spinach and soured cream combine in this Iranian comfort food dish, topped with deeply caramelised onions.

Persian noodle soup

tsp turmeric

garlic cloves, finely chopped

tin chickpeas, drained

100 grams/3½oz small brown lentils

haricot beans, drained

vegetable stock

grams/1½oz butter

grams/3½oz linguine or Iranian reshtey noodles

spinach

grams/¾oz coriander

grams/½oz mint

x 250 milliliters/9fl oz tubs soured cream

Here’s an unusual way to use up leftover Christmas turkey – a Mexican-influenced soup garnished with baked tortillas and other tasty bits and bobs. 


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