Golden Cauliflower-Curry Soup

RECIPE

Hot soup on a winter night warms the heart. Mediterranean Diet ingredients and a sprinkling of neuroprotective turmeric strengthens the brain. Here's a golden recipe for both heart and brain to enjoy!

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Ingredients

• ½ large cauliflower
• 3 medium onions
• 3 cloves of garlic
• ½ stick of celery
• ⅓ of a leek
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp curry powder
• 1 fresh green chilli
• 800ml chicken stock (as a vegetarian option use vegetable stock)
• 200ml cream

Directions

1. Roughly chop onions, garlic, celery, green chilli and washed leek and slowly fry (with a little olive oil) in a heavy based saucepan until soft (but no colour).
2. Add the spices and cook for a further 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Add the roughly chopped cauliflower and cover with the chicken stock (as a vegetarian option use vegetable stock).
4. Bring to the boil, turn down heat and gently simmer until cauliflower is soft.
5. Purée the soup with a stick blender, or in a liquidizer until smooth.
6. Pass the soup through a chinois or fine sieve.
7. Add cream then season to taste.
8. The soup is now ready to eat.