Curried Carrot Soup With Coconut Milk

Name: Curried Carrot Soup With Coconut Milk
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon coconut oil (or olive oil); 1 yellow onion (peeled and minced); 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 3 cloves garlic (minced); 1 piece fresh ginger (peeled and minced (about a thumb-sized piece)); 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (or ground cayenne pepper (optional)); 2 tablespoons red curry paste or curry powder; 6 carrots (peeled and cut into small slices about 1/4-inch thick); 1 sweet potato (peeled and cut into small cubes); 3 cups low sodium vegetable broth; 1 (13.5-ounce) can full-fat, unsweetened coconut milk (a 400 millilitre can (reserve about a tablespoon for garnish if you like)); 2 tablespoons lemon juice; Chopped cilantro (garnish to taste (optional)); Sliced chili pepper (garnish to taste (optional))

Published: October 12, 2017 Updated: August 27, 2019 / By: Dawn | Girl Heart Food 51 Comments

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This curried carrot soup is chock-full of goodness from plenty of carrots, sweet potato and creamy coconut milk. Comforting and delicious, this vegetable soup recipe will warm ya right up on a cold day!

Bowl of curry carrot soup with a swirl of coconut milk on top.

What’s up? Did my fellow Canadians have a nice Thanksgiving? The next big thing for us is Halloween. How do you feel about Halloween?

It’s lovely seeing all the kiddos in their costumes. However, when that doorbell rings it drives fur baby absolutely bonkers; therefore, it drives me bonkers.

I could put some treats in a bowl with a note saying “take me,” but we all know that would never work. And I always tell myself lies around Halloween, like “Dawn, you’re being so productive buying these treats early.”

Reality? I buy them early and eat most of it before October 31st and then have to buy more. Every year. You too?

Anyway, onto this easy carrot soup, shall we?

Do you know that this curried carrot and sweet potato soup was the very first recipe I ever posted on Girl Heart Food? It was July of 2015. Where does the time go?

I decided to redo the recipe with a couple minor tweaks and retake the pics. Plus, I tweaked the recipe the tiniest bit. I removed the butter and honey, for example, and used coconut oil instead of olive oil to give it a little more coconut oomph.

Plus, the lemon at the end? Just completely brightens the whole dish up!

Spoon resting in a bowl of curry carrot soup.

How To Make This Curried Carrot Soup

Like most of the soups you’ll find here, this creamy carrot soup recipe is pretty easy to prepare. Full details are in the recipe card below, but here are the basics:

Cook onions for a bit in coconut oil with a touch of salt and pepper.
Add aromatics, like garlic and ginger, chili flakes and curry paste.
Next goes vegetables, broth and coconut milk .
After veggies have softened, blend with an immersion blender.
Stir in a touch of lemon juice to brighten (I highly recommend this). So good!
Garnish and enjoy!

Soup Garnish Ideas

You know I love me some garnish! For the finishing touch, I reserved about a tablespoon or so of coconut milk and made a pretty little design on top (totally optional, of course).

After you have the soup portioned, using a spoon, drop a few droplets of coconut milk on top of the soup. Then, using a wooden skewer or wooden toothpick, gently drag through the coconut milk to create a little design.

Other delicious garnishes are:

Thinly sliced chili pepper
Chopped cilantro
Plain Greek yogurt
Crispy chickpeas

What To Serve With This Soup

Naan
Hunk of crusty bread
Mixed green salad
A simple sandwich, like a grilled cheese, tomato or curried chickpea salad sandwich

Two bowls of curry carrot soup next to chili peppers, cilantro and a carrot.

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If you make this curried carrot and sweet potato soup, be sure to leave a comment below!

This creamy carrot soup recipe was originally published in July 2015 but has been updated.