Thai Sweet Potato

Name: Thai Sweet Potato
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1½ tablespoons creamed coconut; 1 tablespoon olive oil or butter; 2 cm fresh ginger, peeled and grated; 1 chilli, deseeded (optional) and finely chopped; 2 stock cubes; 1 or 2 Makrut lime leaves; 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped; 1 large sweet potato, peeled and roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Seasonal Soups

By Fraser Reid

Published 2019

About

It’s the Makrut lime leaves that really make this soup sing, but if you don’t have any you can use a stalk of lemongrass. Either way, feel free to garnish each bowl with some chopped fresh coriander.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil or butter
1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
2

Asia
Thailand
Gluten-free
September
Autumn
South East Asia
Soup
Vegetarian

Method

Heat a pot on a medium-low heat and add the oil or butter. Fry the onion and garlic for 5–10 minutes until soft.

Add the sweet potato, chilli, ginger and lime leaves and give everything a stir.

Pour in 1.2 litres of boiling water and then add the crumbled stock cubes and creamed coc