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Coconut Curry Cauliflower Soup & Dukkah Prawns

22 March 2024

Cauliflower slowly stewed in coconut milk flavored with tons of ginger, turmeric and a flavourful curry mix? Yes please! Topped off with oven roasted prawns coated in Dukkah and curry flavours. A total no-recipe-fridge-raid winner of a dish.

I served it with flatbreads toasted with sesameseeds and spices and a tomato koriander salsa (here is the recipe). Great combo!

Together with the flatbreads and prawns I also roasted the cauliflower leaves until golden and brown. So much flavour!

Coconut Curry Cauliflower Soup & Dukkah Prawns

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Dinner, lunch middle eastern
By Saffron Serves: Soup for 4, prawns for 2
Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • Soup (amount for 4 ppl)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, coconut oil or ghee
  • 1 onion, roughly chopped
  • 4–5 garlic cloves, rough chopped
  • 4 cm ginger, grated
  • 1 tbsp Indian curry powder
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds (optional)
  • 1 tsp ground koriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt (more to taste after cooking)
  • 1 medium head of cauliflower, chopped into small pieces . Leaves set aside.
  • 1 large potato, peeled and cubed
  • 750 ml vegetable or chicken stock (or 750 ml water and 1 stock cube)
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • Dukkah Prawns (amount for 2 ppl)
  • 2 tbsp dukkah (store-bought or or homemade)
  • 300 g prawns, deveined and peeled
  • 1 tbsp Indian curry powder
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

Soup

1

Heat the oil in a heavy based pot and add the onions and a pinch of salt. Sauté until fragrant and translucent, ± 2 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger, and sauté for another minute.

2

Add all the spices (curry powder, turmeric, mustard seeds, koriander and cumin) and stir to coat. Keep stirring for 1 minute then add the cauliflower and potato. Mix to coat.

3

Add the coconut milk and top off with just enough water to get everything to simmer, the cauliflower can stick out a bit.

4

Let simmer on low heat with the lid on for ± 35 minutes until the cauliflower is cooked through.

5

When a fork easily pricks into the cauliflower remove from the heat and blend, using a hand held blender, into a silky smooth soup. Taste and season to your liking.

The prawns & Roasted cauliflower leaves

6

While the soup is simmering preheat the oven to 200°C.

7

Toss the prawns into the dukkah with some salt and the curry powder.

8

On a lined baking sheet place the cauliflower leaves in 1 side, drizzle with some olive oil and season with pepper and salt.

9

On the other side spread out the prawns.

10

Roast in the oven for ± 20 minutes until the prawns are done and the cauliflower leaves are nice an crispy.

11

Enjoy!

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