Spiced Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup

With just a few ingredients you can have this delicious, warmly spiced, Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup on the table in no time! It's so easy to make, tasty, filling and vegan! Just serve with some good bread.

I think soup has been my comfort food since I was a kid. One of my favourite things as a kid was to come home from school to a steaming hot bowl of soup with a healthy side of bread and butter. It's the one meal that has never let me down. Whatever the disaster or illness soup has always been the answer!

I've been making a lot of soup lately. This sweet potato and carrot soup is a new one for me. It doesn't call for a lot of ingredients and is really easy to make, but tastes lovely. All you need are a few spices, an onion, some stock, sweet potato, and carrot. It also doesn't need an awful lot of care, you can make even when you don't feel like cooking. I think we've all had a few days like that recently.

Why This Recipe Works:

• It needs just a few simple store cupboard ingredients.
• I've deliberately kept the spices mild enough so the kids can enjoy it too.
• It's warming, cosy, and filling.
• Great for taking to work in a flask.

What You'll Need

• Sweet Potato - One big sweet potato or a couple of smaller ones is all you need. I always peel them.
• Carrots - Fresh carrots are best for this soup, you'll need 4 or 5.
• Onion - One medium yellow onion.
• Spices - Cumin, paprika, and garam masala are the spices you will need.
• Ginger and garlic - Fresh ginger is best but if all you can find is the squeezy stuff then use that. You'll also need 3 good-sized cloves of garlic.
• Stock - I use a vegan gluten-free vegetable bouillon, but stock cubes are absolutely fine. Use whatever you have.

How To Make Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup:

1. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a large saucepan and cook the onion until soft. About 15 minutes. Add the spices, ginger and garlic and cook for a minute or two. Then add the carrots and cook for another 5 minutes.
2. Add the sweet potato and give everything a good stir.
3. Now add the stock and simmer the soup until the carrots and the sweet potato are tender.
4. Blend the soup with a handheld blender. Check the seasoning then serve.

Top Tips For Making The Best Sweet Potato & Carrot Soup.

• Using bouillon will give you the best results but if you don't have that stock cubes will work fine.
• Carrots need longer to cook than sweet potato so don't forget to cook them for a little longer.
• Make sure and cut the sweet potato into similar sized chunks so that they all cook at the same time.
• If you want a bit more heat in your soup, add a good pinch of dried red chilli flakes to spice it up.
• This soup really is best blended into a smooth soup, use a handheld blender or carefully spoon the soup into a blender and blitz until smooth.
• If you want to keep this soup vegan make sure your stock is vegan.

How To Serve It

We like this soup with some good bread, soda bread is great with this. I usually add some toppings to my soup, seeds are great, I like pumpkin seeds with this. Some fresh coriander is also great, as is a dollop of your favourite (vegan) plain yoghurt.

FAQ's

Can I freeze this soup? Yes, this soup is great for freezing. Leave it to cool then transfer to freezer-proof containers. Defrost in the fridge overnight and reheat on the hob.

How long will this soup last in the fridge? This soup will last for 3 or 4 days in the fridge. Just keep it in a covered container and reheat on the hob or in the microwave.

Need more tasty soup recipes? Here are some of our favourites :

• Irish Potato Soup
• Roasted Carrot and Fennel Soup
• Spiced Carrot and Lentil Soup
• Mexican Vegetable Soup

Have you made this Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup Recipe? Rate it and leave me a comment below to let me know what you think!