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Recipes from Andalucia

By Julie Evans

Thai Style Courgette Spaghetti Soup

An interesting low calorie but filling soup with all the Asian flavours of a Red Thai Curry

Thai Style Courgette Spaghetti Soup

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cooking Time: 40 mins Total Time: 60 mins
Serves: 6 Difficulty: Easy Suitable for: Meat and Fish eaters

Ingredients

  • 4 large or 6 medium courgettes at room temperature
  • Sunflower or coconut oil
  • 2 x 400g tins coconut milk
  • 700ml vegetable or chicken stock
  • 1tbsp palm or brown sugar
  • 1 lime for juice plus wedges to serve
  • zest of 1 lime (use the one you used for juice)
  • 1 or 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 4 chopped shallots or a small onion
  • 6 red chillies
  • 6 garlic cloves
  • thumb-sized piece of ginger
  • fistful of coriander leaves and stems separated with a few leaves to serve
  • 6 Kaffir lime leaves (optional)
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • to serve - coconut cream or creme fraiche

Method

Make the curry paste by bashing the shallots, chillies, lemongrass, garlic, galangal and coriander stems in a large mortar with a pestle until it forms a paste (or you can whizz in a blender instead, if you like). Add the lime leaves, spices and 1 tsp salt and bash or whizz again until smooth.

Top and tail the courgettes, then use a spiralizer to cut the courgettes, or very thinly slice into noodles. Heat 2 tbsp coconut oil in a large pan and fry 6 tbsp of the curry paste until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the coconut milk, stock and palm sugar and simmer for 10 minutes.

Divide the spaghetti courgette between 6 warmed bowls. Season the soup with the lime juice and fish sauce, and pour over the courgette. Scatter with coriander leaves, a drizzle of coconut cream and serve with lime wedges.