Sweet potatoes are one of the oldest vegetables known to man and of the most beneficial one as well. So for today’s power foods food blogging group, I made one of the comforting dishes known to human kind. Soup.
Sweet potatoes are full of antioxidants, anti-inflammatory nutrients, and blood sugar-regulating nutrients. “Recent research has shown that particularly when passing through our digestive tract, sweet potato cyanidins and peonidins and other color-related phytonutrients may be able to lower the potential health risk posed by heavy metals and oxygen radicals” Source WHF .
For this weeks power foods blog group, its the hearty, sweet potato soup. Welcome Fall!
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Sweet potato soup – Indian inspired
Ingredients
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp black mustard seeds
- 1/4 th tsp turmeric
- 1 Tbs sliced ginger
- 1 tbs chopped garlic
- 2 small hot chilies
- 2-3 lemon wedges
- 1 medium size chopped tomato
- 4 cups chicken stock or vegetable stock
- 2 Cups peeled and chopped sweet potatoes
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 2 tbs chopped cilantro
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Bring the chicken stock to a rolling boil in a medium sized pan and add the turmeric and salt.
- Add in the sweet potatoes and cook for 10 minutes, covered on medium heat. After 10 minutes add the tomatoes and cilantro and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Heat oil in a small pan or use a tadka pan if you have it.
- Add in the cumin and wait for it to cook.
- Now add in the mustard seeds and wait for them to splutter.
- Ladle the soup into a bowl, place the curry leaves on top and now pour the hot oil infused with the cumin and mustard on top of the curry leaves.
- Enjoy hot. With a squeeze of lemon juice.
- We ate this with a little brown rice and peas pilaf.
Recipe Notes
Recipe adapted from Power Foods