A rich winter soup with the flavours of tomato and aubergine and a touch of spice. Perfect for these cold days. 


Spicy Aubergine & Tomato Soup


Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped,
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 red chilli, finely chopped
1 heaped tsp toasted, crushed cumin seeds
3 aubergines, chopped
1 tin chopped tomatoes
2/ ½ pints vegetable stock
juice ½ lemon
handful fresh coriander, chopped
salt and freshly ground pepper

Method

1. Sizzle the cumin seeds in hot olive oil and then add the onion, garlic and chilli and cook for a few minutes. 
2. Add the aubergines and tomatoes. 
3. Next add the stock and simmer for 20 minutes. 
4. Add the lemon juice and coriander before whizzing the soup in a blender. I personally don’t like it too smooth.
5. Season.

Serves 4 – 6

This is my entry for No Croutons Required, the new monthly soup and salad challenge, which is going to be jointly hosted by myself and Lisa at Lisa's Kitchen. When I say entry, I mean that I don't want to miss out on all the fun! Lisa and I's entries are not up for voting.

I want to say a big thank to Lisa for all her hard work in starting the event and thank you all for contributing. We have been absolutely blown away by the enthusiasm everyone has shown!

Make sure to visit Lisa's blog to see all the entries.

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