I got a Dutch Oven from my Grandmother for Christmas and to say I love it would be an understatement! This sucker is a life saver... well, it's really a time saver, which, to me, is everythinggg!!
With it being winter, and me being a curry lover, I searched for curry recipes online and found one for Curried Cauliflower Soup - what? OK! And that's the thing... I made it, and it was just OK... I felt like I was eating a cream soup, like spoonfuls of New England Clam Chowder minus the clams and potatoes and all the chunks of flavor we love it for. That's when the lightbulb went off... I'll make a mock chowder! So I did. And it was bomb. Here's how I did it:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups chopped cauliflower
- 1 small yellow onion chopped
- 3 cups organic vegetable broth
- 1 cup organic coconut milk
- 1/2 tsp coriander
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 2 large carrots, peeled
- 2 medium potatoes, cut into large chunks
- 2 cups of (thawed) shrimp, cut into small chunks
Instructions:
- Heat oven to 375 F
- Spread chopped cauliflower & onion over baking sheet, drizzle in Olive Oil, (I used a chili infused olive oil for extra heat), then sprinkle with a little bit of salt.
- Roast these veggies in the oven for about 20 minutes. When you see the Cauliflower start to brown, they're done.
- While they're roasting, mix the veggie broth, coconut milk, & spices, then throw them into the dutch oven.
- When the cauliflower and onions are finished roasting, add them to the dutch oven, then bring it all to a boil.
- Let it boil 5 minutes, then remove from the heat.
- As it cools, boil your carrots & potatoes to preferred softness.
- While they boil, chop up your shrimp into preferred bite size.
- When carrots & potatoes finish, chop them into preferred bite size.
- Hopefully now your soup will have cooled enough. Time to blend it into a paste, (I used my Nutribullet!).
- Dump the curried cauliflower paste back into the dutch oven, add the shrimp, carrots & potatoes, season with black pepper to taste, (and maybe warm it up a little again if it's cooled off too much).
- Serve & enjoy!