Hearty Moroccan Spiced Soup

[Bubba82]

Just made this for mine & Mia's dinner tonight

Ingredients:
2 lg stems celery - thickly sliced
6 carrots - thickly sliced
2 medium onions - thickly sliced
1 clove garlic - crushed
400g pack of diced turkey thigh
1 can chickpeas
1 can lentils
2 tsp Ras El Hanout Moroccan Spice Mix (from Waitrose)
200ml coconut cream
800ml chicken stock
1tbsp cornflour

in a large pan heat 1tbsp oil, put in the spice and then stir in the turkey to coat and cook until it starts to colour, then add the veg & garlic & cook until the carrot start to soften. Add the stock and bubble until veg is soft (to your own liking) then stir in the chickpeas & lentils and finally the coconut cream and cook on a medium low heat for 5mins. Take of the heat put 3 ladelfuls into a blender with 1tbsp cornfour, blitz up until smooth & then stir back into the soup (this makes it nice & thick).

Hope you like it

[Alexanders mummy]

Mmmmm this sounds gorgeous,i have just made Jamie Olivers rogan josh but i want this now!!

[matilda s mum]

ooh - this sounds good. wonder what is in that spice mix? does it say on the packet? as I have a cupboard full of individual slices like cumin and tumeric etc... might have to go buy one as not sure I'd get the balance/blend right. sounds yummy though xx reckon it might work well with lamb too ...

ooh, just found this on that spice mix on wikipedia:
Typically they would include cardamom, clove, cinnamon, ground chili peppers (also known as paprika), coriander, cumin, mace, nutmeg, peppercorn, and turmeric.
sounds good to me!
thanks for sharing honey xx

[Bubba82]

yeah that's pretty much the jist of what's in it sweetie

think next time i make i i'll do it without the coconut cream as this made it a bit heavy/sickly, only used it as i had it in the cupboard, shoulda saved it for something else!! oh well cooking is all about experimenting isn't it

[matilda s mum]

Originally Posted by Bubba82

think next time i make i i'll do it without the coconut cream as this made it a bit heavy/sickly

maybe try it with reduced fat coconut milk, so similar flavour, but lighter/ not so thick and rich... xx