Curried Pumpkin Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 mcintosh apples, peeled and chopped
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin, ground
• 1 (14 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• sour cream or yogurt

Recipe

• 1 melt butter or margarine in a large saucepan over medium heat. add onion, garlic, curry, and cumin; saute, stirring often, until onion is soft and fragrant. stir in apples, pumpkin, broth, water, and sugar.
• 2 bring to a boil, stirring often.
• 3 cover, and reduce heat to low.
• 4 simmer for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 5 puree soup in a food processor or a blender.
• 6 return soup to saucepan; reheat, covered, over low heat. ladle soup into bowls, and swirl a little sour cream or yogurt in the center of each bowl.