Spiced Pumpkin Soup With Prawns And Basil

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon red curry paste
• 4 cups pumpkin, chopped
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon palm sugar
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 16 raw king prawns, shelled and deveined
• 1/2 cup thai basil
• 3 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan, heat vegetable oil with 1/4 cup of the coconut milk. add curry paste and stir over low heat for 5 minutes.
• 2 add pumpkin and stock and simmer until pumpkin is cooked. cool. puree in blander then transfer to a saucepan and season with palm sugar and fish sauce.
• 3 add prawns and simmer until just cooked, about 1 minute.
• 4 stir in thai basil and remaining coconut milk.
• 5 divide prawns between individual serving bowls and garnish with shredded kaffir lime leaves.