Minoo prepared a Curried Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut Milk for the comfort food theme. The colour of the meals at today’s kitchen is simply a shade of yellowish orange, just like fall colour.

The Curried Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut Milk is gingery and sweet. It can also served as a dessert soup if we leave out the salt.
Ingredients
- 7 to 8 cups diced butternut squash (1 large 3 lbs squash)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 onions, finely diced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger root
- 1 tablespoon curry powder or curry paste
- 4 cups chicken broth or water
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 teaspoons sugar, optional
- 1 x 14oz can unsweetened coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Source: adapted from Vegetarian classics
Serves 4
Instructions
Cut off the top and bottom of the squash to have a flat surface to stand the squash.
Peel off the skin with a vegetable peeler or paring knife. |
Scrape the pulp and seeds from the bottom part of the squash.
You can roast the seeds for snacking as they are nutritious. |
Since we had some chicken bones leftover from the simple butter chicken recipe, we make a chicken broth with the chicken bones. |
Heat the oil in a deep stock pot over medium heat.
Fry the onions until lightly brown for about 5 to 10 minutes.
Add in the ginger root and garlic.
Sprinkle on the curry powder and cook for another 1 minute, tossing continuously to mix well. |
Add the squash and stir to coat well.
Add the chicken broth or water and bring to a boil.
Lower heat to a lively simmer.
Cook for 30 minutes, or until the squash is very tender. |
Add the coconut milk and season with salt and pepper.
Cook for another 5 minutes.
Stir in lemon juice. |
Puree the soup in batches in a blender or a hand blender.
Reheat the soup before serving, if necessary.
Serve hot. |
I love butternut squash so I will try this. I hate peeling and cubing it raw though, because it is so dense. I will bake the squash either whole or cut in half with pulp scraped out. It works fine not to scrape until it is done baking, and it takes a lot less work. While it is baking, prepare everything else, then blend together and simmer a little longer to blend the flavors.
I just cooked the squash I had on the counter so I’ll have to get another.