Monday, October 31, 2011

Butternut Squash Soup with Red Curry paste

It snowed. In October. After Diwali and Before Halloween, even before daylight saving set in. And all because when I heard of Colorado having a "White Diwali" I thought to myself "Thank God, I don't live in Colorado".

Yes, go ahead and blame me for this freak of nature. And the worst part is it happened on a Saturday instead of a lovely Monday when it would have served the perfect excuse for not turning up at work.

What it meant is staying home all through Saturday though, which is not necessarily a good thing when six people of different ages are in the picture. Unable to venture out and in absence of carving experts, the kids decorated their pumpkin which actually meant LS pouring glitter glue over anything BigSis attempted to do. This ensured in a lot of screaming and horrific activities best suited for Halloween night.

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Then was the issue of the Halloween costume. I have nothing against them really and I love 3-4 year olds in their cute ladybug and tinker bell fairy dresses. But the deluge of princesses has done me in. I have had my fair quota of them and I put my feet down this year, very firmly. "Be a scientist", I told BigSis, as if it was that easy. I was actually thinking of an over-sized coat and glasses from the dollar store and thus a one dollar costume.
She however refused. "I only know of Edison, Newton(yes, the apple guy and btw the hand washing scientist was Ignaz Semmelweis) and Einstein and they are all guys. I don't know of any girl scientist and so I won't dress up as one" was her logic. And she didn't want any tom-dick-sally scientist, she wanted famous female scientists and all I could think of was Madame Curie and finally Jane Goodall.

These are the times I really wish that I should have gone for that Nobel Prize. Okay, the Ig Nobel at least. Darn it.

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Hee Haw

Finally she decided to dress up as an artist, a painter to be precise.She made her own costume from an old white T-shirt, made a palette from a brown cardboard, borrowed the beret from grandpa and looked perfectly the part. The little one just wanted to be a frog. At her age Frogs are far more charming than any handsome prince.

So the painter and the frog collected enough candies to start their own retail site jailibeen.com. Anyone interested please sign up and order.

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In midst of all this there was Butternut Squash of course made into a soup which people feared to tread upon. Once they did though they agreed it was pretty good if not "very good" or "the best soup on earth good". At least it was good, next time it will be better and then one fine day it will be the bestest soup in the universe. Go try. Measures are rough and add coconut milk if you have some.

Heat 2 tsp of Olive Oil

Add 1/2 tsp of minced garlic, saute for half a minute. Add 1/4 cup of chopped onion, 2 green chili slit and saute till onion is softened.

Add 2 tsp of Thai Red Curry paste and saute for 2 minutes with sprinkle of water. Next add 1 tsp of curry Powder, 1 tsp of All Spice(optional). Add about 2-3 cups of chopped b.squash and 1 small apple peeled and chopped. Saute for 4-5 minutes till spices coat the squash nicely.

Now add about 3 cups of warm water(substitute with thinned coconut milk), 1 tsp of lime zest, salt to taste, sugar to taste and let the b.squash cook in it. Puree and bring it back to boil again.

Meanwhile saute some shrimp with sprinkle of salt and pepper.

Once the soup is ready add some lime juice, fresh black pepper and the sauted shrimp. Give it a simmer for a minute. Serve hot.

Serve this soup with chunks of some good bread on the side or some pasta tossed in butternut squash if you will.

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19 comments:

  1. Your kids are so cute- the artist ans the frog! So wish I could see them!
    Guess what? Kids celebrated Halloween in my complex too! I was shocked to find kids all costumed up. I quickly ran out to get candy. M refused to wear change but did go trick or treating.
    Very autumn-y your soup. I like. ANd co-incidentally, I have a Thai Pumpkin Curry with red curry paste ready to be posted :)

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  2. Soup looks very comforting esp for this chilly weather

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  3. Love the look of the soup but I'll have it only becoz of the shrimps. White halloween? Ekhane Nov e bhadro masher moton roddur .. ki ja ta ekkebare. :-)

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  4. Love the plate, is it home-crafted? At a Halloween in the US many , many moons ago, I was a gypsy in my very Indian sequinned skirt.

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  5. Looks superb and perfect for this weather

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  6. I thought it would be difficult for kids for the T 0r T night with a pile of snow! I cannot even suggest my son any costume- the weather was great here. He filled his pumpkin basket- but he hardly eats those candies :)
    Soup would be perfect for the chill evening!

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  7. Wow wat a delightful and delicious soup.

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  8. A very comforting soup...YUMMY

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  9. I so agree with you. Frog and artist are so very creative when the only option most parents will consider for their girl children is a princess costume. I would be very happy even with a witch.

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  10. loved the twist in butternut squash soup, which I often found little bland, will try with red curry paste. loved the idea, very comforting

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  11. What is the obsession with glitter! I hate the shiny specks sen for days after on every article of clothing, hair .... And yes the princesses are exhausting! Frogs are definitely cuter! :-)

    The recipe is inspired indeed and I would definitely add coconut milk!

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  12. Thats really interesting and lovely

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  13. Hmmmmm...... Lady Newton or Einstein!!! I wish ur BS becomes one as she grows up - God bless.

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  14. That must have a been a lovely halloween being an artist and a frog! And the soup looks so comforting!

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  17. Hi in all this Hallowing rush I like the most the fact that we are all gathering together and have time to communicate and eat together it so great to spend time with your loved one and of course good time to try some new recipe like Butternut Squash Soup with Red Curry paste. Thank you for great post.
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