Spiced Broccoli Soup. Delicious with tomato scone or herb bread
Mildly spicy and creamy, a lovely cold weather lunch.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 223kcal
Cost: 27p
Equipment
- small sharp knife
- chopping board
- pan to fry in
- large mixing spoon
- stick blender
Ingredients
Serves 4
- 1 medium onion chopped, 100g, 1kg/£1, 10p
- 1 garlic clove crushed, 20p/bulb, 5p
- 1 head broccoli chopped, stalk as well, 65p
- 200 g potato chopped, no need to peel, 2kg/£1, 10p
- 150 ml milk £1.09/2.27 litres, 7p
- 4 tblsp butter Brilliantly Buttery £1.44/kg, 9p
- 1 tsp curry powder KTC hot madras, £1.75/400g heaped measure, 2p
- 1 tsp salt
Metric - US Customary
Instructions
- Sauté the onion, garlic, broccoli and potato in the oil until soft.
- Add the curry powder and sizzle for a couple of minutes to bring out the flavour of the spices.
- Add a litre of water and the salt.
- Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add the milk and whizz until smooth.
- Taste.
Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper, and more curry powder if you like. - Add more water if you like a thinner soup
Some chopped chives or parsley would be nice on top of this, or a swirl of something creamy.
Notes
Priced at Asda, December 2018
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Nutrition
Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 760mg | Potassium: 776mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1377IU | Vitamin C: 144mg | Calcium: 139mg | Iron: 3mg
