A Soup for Cold Winter Nights

Winter is here and there is nothing that beats coming home after a long day and curling up with a warm bowl of homemade soup.

The whole recipe is pretty simple and easy – perfect for a busy weeknight! It’s mainly just blending the broth ingredients and then topping with noodles, bok choy, snap peas, lime juice, and a few peanuts.

For this recipe, I made my own curry paste. However,  if you want to cut down some steps you can also use store-bought green curry paste. Curry paste is usually found in the Asian section of most grocery stores.

You can make your own curry paste with a green bell pepper and spices, but this recipe also works well with store-bought curry paste.

The soup becomes a beautiful green when you blend the non-dairy milk with moringa powder. I also added extra cilantro power by blending it into the milk and garnishing a bit on top. You can also substitute in fresh basil if you prefer.

This recipe is simple and fast. The moringa powder gives this soup its beautiful green color.

Ingredients

(Serves 3-4)

  • 2 cups non-dairy milk
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tsp Kuli Kuli Pure Moringa Powder
  • 2 Tbsp green curry paste*
  • 2 Tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1- 2 Tbsp Siracha (to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 cup fresh cilantro (or basil)
  • 1- 2 cups of bok choy
  • 1 – 2 cups of snap peas
  • 9.5 oz of your favorite noodles (I used Soba)
  • 1/2 cup chopped peanuts (for garnish)
  • lime slices (for garnish)

Directions

  1. Make the noodles according to the directions on the package.
  2. Blend the non-dairy milk, water, green curry paste, soy sauce, moringa powder, a handful of cilantro, and ginger in a blender until light green and thoroughly mixed.
  3. Heat the broth until boiling and let simmer for about 5 minutes, then add the sriracha and soy sauce and heat for about 2 more minutes.
  4. Spoon the soup into bowls and add the noodles, bok choy, and snap peas. Garnish with peanuts and a lime slice.

*Homemade Curry Paste (optional)

Ingredients

  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 3 stalks Green Onions
  • 1 stalk lemongrass
  • Juice and zest from 1 lime
  • Juice from 1/2 lemon
  • 1 Tbsp coconut sugar or maple syrup
  • 1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 Tbsp fresh turmeric or 1 tsp powder
  • 1 tsp ground cumin

Directions

  1. Blend all ingredients together until it looks a bit like hummus. Next, continue with the rest of the recipe above.
  2. If using this homemade version, replace the 2 Tbsp of curry paste with the cup of curry made from this homemade curry paste recipe.

Homemade curry paste