Spiced Vegetable And Banana Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Peel and dice onion.
• Clean and dice the chili pepper.
• Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a meium sauce pan and sauté onion and pepper until soft but don't brown.
• Add orange juice, zest, and 2 cups vegetable broth.
• Stir in the ketchup.
• Cover pot bring to boil, low heat to medium and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add two of the bananas to the soup and puree.
• In a dry frying pan roast the grated coconut, until lightly browned, then let cool slightly on a plate.
• Peel and slice the last banana, coat with the coconut by pressing the banana slices slightly and turning then pressing again.
• In a frying pan heat 1 tbsp oil, then fry the coated banana slices on both sides.
• To serve laddle the soup into bowls then float the fried banana slices on top, sprinkle any left over coconut on top. Can garnish with finely sliced chili pepper rings and fine herbs.
• Enjoy.

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add carrot and next 6 ingredients and sauté until vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Transfer mixture to processor and blend until smooth.
• Return mixture to pot. Add broth and all remaining ingredients except cilantro.
• Boil soup over medium-high heat 15 minutes to blend flavors. Cool slightly.
• Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to pot. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool slightly, then cover and refrigerate.).
• Bring soup to simmer. Divide among 8 bowls. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.