Spicy Carrot Amaranth Soup

Servings: 3

Preparation duration: -1 minutes

Cooking duration: -1 minutes

 

Ingredients:

2 tbsp. olive oil

1 cinnamon stick

4 sage leaves, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

¾ cup onions, chopped

2 cups baby carrots

2 cups unsalted vegetable broth

½ tsp cayenne pepper

1 cup amaranth (cooked)

1 tsp salt

½ cups unsweetened coconut milk

1 tbsp. hemp seeds

Equipment:

sauce pan

blender

Cooking instruction summary:

1. Heat oil in a nonstick sauce pan and add cinnamon stick. Immediately, add sage leaves and garlic and saut for few seconds. 2. Add chopped onions and saut until translucent. Add baby carrots and mix well. 3. Add vegetable broth and cayenne pepper. Mix and cover. Cook until it is properly boiled and the carrots are semi soft. 4. Turn off the flame and let it cool until it is ready to be put into the blender. 5. Remove the cinnamon stick from the soup and blend until smooth. 6. Strain and again put the soup in the sauce pan and turn on the flame. 7. At the first boil add cooked amaranth and salt. Mix well. 8. Add coconut milk. Mix well and turn off the flame. 9. Garnish with hemp seeds and serve hot.

 

Step by step:


1. Heat oil in a nonstick sauce pan and add cinnamon stick. Immediately, add sage leaves and garlic and saut for few seconds.

2. Add chopped onions and saut until translucent.

3. Add baby carrots and mix well.

4. Add vegetable broth and cayenne pepper.

5. Mix and cover. Cook until it is properly boiled and the carrots are semi soft.

6. Turn off the flame and let it cool until it is ready to be put into the blender.

7. Remove the cinnamon stick from the soup and blend until smooth.

8. Strain and again put the soup in the sauce pan and turn on the flame.

9. At the first boil add cooked amaranth and salt.

10. Mix well.

11. Add coconut milk.

12. Mix well and turn off the flame.

13. Garnish with hemp seeds and serve hot.


Nutrition Information:

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346 Calories
7g Protein
22g Total Fat
32g Carbs
16% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
346k
17%

Fat
22g
35%

  Saturated Fat
9g
62%

Carbohydrates
32g
11%

  Sugar
8g
9%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
1481mg
64%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
7g
14%

Vitamin A
12256IU
245%

Manganese
1mg
74%

Fiber
6g
27%

Phosphorus
256mg
26%

Copper
0.5mg
25%

Iron
4mg
23%

Magnesium
82mg
21%

Potassium
492mg
14%

Folate
55µg
14%

Vitamin K
14µg
14%

Vitamin B6
0.27mg
13%

Selenium
8µg
12%

Vitamin E
1mg
11%

Calcium
103mg
10%

Vitamin C
6mg
8%

Zinc
1mg
8%

Vitamin B3
1mg
6%

Vitamin B1
0.09mg
6%

Vitamin B5
0.47mg
5%

Vitamin B2
0.07mg
4%

covered percent of daily need
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