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Pumpkin and Coconut Cream Soup
Pumpkin and Coconut Cream Soup Category Mexican Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

400 g Pumpkin; peeled

-- cut into 2 cm cubes 1 tb Lemon or lime juice

100 g Green (uncooked) prawns

-OR- dried shrimp 2 md Onions

1/4 ts Shrimp paste

2 Fresh chilies; seeded OR...

2 ts -Roasted chili paste (opt.)

1 tb Finely chopped lemon grass

300 ml Water

750 ml Coconut milk

--(reserve thick cream) 1 tb Fish sauce

1 ts Sugar

1/2 ts Pepper

80 g Fresh basil leaves

--(reserve some for garnish) Sprinkle lemon or lime juice over pumpkin and leave to stand for 20 minutes. Shell and devein fresh prawns or wash dried shrimp. In a food processor, blend together prawns, onions, shrimp paste, chillies, lemon grass and a little water until they form a smooth paste. Mix together water and thin coconut milk in a large saucepan. Add the paste, fish sauce, sugar and pepper, whisking to combine thoroughly. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and add pumpkin. Simmer over low heat until pumpkin is tender, about 20 minutes. Adjust seasoning if necessary. Just before serving, stir in basil leaves and thick coconut cream. Garnish with a few basil leaves.

 
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