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Fresh Corn Soup with Healing Spices

By Cait Johnson, author of Witch in the Kitchen (Inner Traditions, 2001).
This soup was born as a comforting antidote to my end-of-fresh-corn-season blues, and it uses two other ingredients that I can’t get enough of: coconut milk (my new passion since I found it in the Asian section of the grocery store) and curry spices, which I’ve been throwing into just about everything after I heard about their nearly-magical anti-inflammatory healing power. The combination is sheer velvety heaven with a delicate sweet nuttiness and a hit of warmth from the spices. Corn Soup with Coconut Milk and Healing Spices is an updated healthy chowder without the cream, and it can be enjoyed either hot or cold, depending on our changeable September weather.
INGREDIENTS
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme or 1 teaspoon fresh
3 tablespoons butter (or healthy oil if you want to make a vegan version)
2 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels
3 cups good-quality vegetable broth
1 teaspoon curry powder (this is a blend that usually include turmeric, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, and other healing spices
1 cup coconut milk (you can use the low-fat variety if you like; be sure to shake the can thoroughly before opening and measuring).
2 teaspoons lime juice
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
Sea salt, to taste
1. In a heavy-bottomed soup pot, heat 2 tablespoons of the butter or oil over medium heat, then add onion, garlic, and thyme. Cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft and translucent and garlic is fragrant but not browned.
2. Add corn and broth and cook, partially covered, until corn is soft, about 10 minutes. In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat the remaining tablespoon of butter or oil and add the curry powder, stirring well. Heat for 1 minute–the fragrance will be divine, just be sure you don’t burn it–then remove from heat and reserve.
3. Puree the corn mixture in a blender or food processor. In a bowl, whisk together the warm curry spices, coconut milk, lime juice, and cilantro. Add to soup just before serving, stirring well to combine. Salt to taste and serve warm, or chill for at least one hour in the fridge and serve cold.
Serves 6.






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11 comments
add your comment »I always copy & paste into a word document. I usually remove what I don't want and save to a file I made for my all my receipes. I like to save the pictures with the receipe, but I usually print in Black instead of color - just cahnge the properties before you print.
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I made this soup and added a little whole corn kernels to it and it was fabulous!
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copy and paste into a plain Word document; solves a lot of problems. often my computer crashes when i try to print these recipes
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Re: Corn Soup with Healing Spices
It seems part of this recipe is missing: You add the curry powder in Step 2, and then refer to "warm healing curry spices" to add in Step 3. You are probably referring to more specific healing spices, such as tumeric, but there is no mention in the recipe. It sounds like a wonderful soup. Please clarify. Also, I too would like to know the nutritional values, such as calories, fat, etc. Thanks for your warm, friendly and healthy public service.
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It would be nice to hear if anyone has tried this recipe and what they thought of it. Thanks
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To print without the graphics, highlight the text and then click on selection when you go to print.
Barb
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I would like to see the nutrional values of these recipes. Please list the calories,fat,sodium and fiber contents.
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I just copy and paste the text into Word, then save it to my computer. But you could print it from there, too.
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Could we please get a print-friendly option for printing out recipes on this website? I don't need the colour graphics..just the recipe. Thanks!
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I agree with you Gail. Ever since they (care2)changed to this new website format I have been unable to print without using all the color graphics on this page(wasting my color cartridge) and the text at the end of the page overlaps!...Please bring back the old print-friendly version format!!!!!
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