Five Spice Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup


Sweet potato and carrot soup
Credit: Recipes From A Pantry

Top food influencer Bintu Hardy from Recipes from a Pantry and Influencer Matchmaker brings us this colourful dish containing two orange vegetables which when eaten is converted into vitamin A – great for your immune system this winter. It’s vegan and gluten free, too!

Serves: 4
Preperation time: 5min
Cooking time: 22min

  1. Heat some olive oil in a pot and fry the onions for about 6min till soft.
  2. Add in the ginger, garlic, Chinese five spice, carrots and sweet potato and stir for 2min until flavours develop.
  3. Add in the stock, chilli, salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
  4. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 10min until the sweet potato and carrots are soft.
  5. Switch off heat, allow the soup to cool and then purée with a hand blender before adjusting the seasoning.
  6. Warm soup thoroughly and garnish before serving, if desired.