Posh budget recipe for 4 people, takes only 25 mins; recipe has olive oil, onion, carrot, red pepper, garlic clove, red chilli, chopped tomato, vegetable stock, yogurt, cucumber and mint.
Spicy pepper & tomato soup with cucumber yogurt
Course: Posh budget
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Yogurt: 4 tbsp Greek-style yogurt
- Red Pepper: 3 red peppers, roughly chopped
- Garlic Clove: 3 garlic cloves, sliced
- Red Chilli: 1 red chilli, sliced
- Olive Oil: 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra to serve
- Onion: 2 onions, finely sliced
- Chopped Tomato: 400g can chopped tomato
- Vegetable Stock: 850ml-1 litre/1 1/2 -1 3/4 pts vegetable stock or bouillon
- Carrot: 1 carrot, finely chopped
- Mint: a few mint leaves, chopped
- Cucumber: 1/2 cucumber, halved, deseeded, coarsely grated and squeezed of excess water
Directions
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Tip in the onions, carrot and peppers. Cook gently for 15 mins, to soften. Add the garlic and chilli, and cook for a few mins more. Pour over the chopped tomatoes and 800ml of the stock. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10-15 mins until the veg is completely tender.
- Meanwhile, mix the yogurt, cucumber and mint in a bowl, and season.
- Blitz the soup with a hand blender until smooth, using the extra stock to thin if it has become too thick. Heat through, season and spoon into bowls. Serve with a dollop of the yogurt mixture on top and a drizzle of olive oil.
