Don’t freak out if you see ingredients here. My advice is, find an Asian supermarket close to you. They sell spices and some exotic fruit and veg at a fraction of the price of large super market chains. You’ll never look back.

This soup is a great way to clear out your fridge. I rarely use the same vegetables twice. Basically use what you have, it’s also fine to use frozen vegetables like green beans or spinach.
I call this soup sunshine in a bowl, not just because of the cheery yellow colour but it’s so tasty and wholesome it’ll make you feel good. I’m not vegan but I really enjoy this, especially with some toasted cashews, and deep fried shallots (who has time to make these, I buy them ready made in the Asian supermarket, they’re also really good sprinkled over salad, you can also use the tubs of fried onions sold at a certain large Swedish furniture store)
Serves 4 -6
Ingredients
100 grams Green beans
1 Red pepper
1 Courgette
250 grams Bok Choi, or other green leafy vegetable (I’ve used broccoli before and it works well too)
400ml Can of coconut milk
4 Kaffir lime leaves
1 Stalk of lemon grass
3 Cloves garlic
1 Tsp. Turmeric
1 inch Piece of ginger (I keep ginger in the freezer, this stops it going off and makes it easier to grate)
1 Red chilli pepper
1 Handful of chopped coriander
Juice of 1 lime or ½ a lemon
2 Cups of vegetable stock
Salt to taste
1 Tbsp Vegetable/coconut oil
Method
- Heat the oil in a pot, and chop the vegetables into bite sized pieces, bruise the stalk of lemon grass (I usually do this by bashing it with the base of a pot), and add to the vegetables along with the turmeric and kaffir lime leaves
- Gently fry the vegetables until they start to soften
- Grate the ginger, chop the garlic and chilli finely before adding the vegetables
- Add the can of coconut milk and vegetable stock (I use a vegetable stock cube, because who has time to make the real deal)
- Simmer for 10 minutes, and add half the lime juice and taste. This is the time to adjust seasoning, so check if you want some more lime juice or salt.
- Stir in the shopped coriander and serve