Pumpkin Soup

Autumn is one of my favourite seasons. The thousand different shades of brown color make me feel warm and cozy. Now it’s nearly the end of October so it is almost Halloween. Even if it is not our tradition, Halloween is one of the examples of how American culture influences the whole world. Halloween actually means holy evening. Strange enough, this day is dedicated to remembering the dead including saints. The ghost stories, the haunted houses, scary pranks are designed to confront the power of death. Pumpkin is of course the main symbol of the Halloween. They make carved pumpkins, Jack-o-lanters. They are used for scaring evil spirits. But it is also very good time to eat pumpkin. In my opinion, the most delicious dish with pumpkin is Pumpkin Soup. It is always nice to eat pumpkin soup when you come home cold and hungry. My pumpkin soup is a different one. I use different spices to give it more flavour.  So here is my Pumpkin Soup Recipe. Hope you like it.  

Ingredients

·         1 medium size pumpkin
·         3 tbsp olive oil
·         2 medium size carrots
·         1 onion
·         1 glove of garlic
·         1 tsp cumin
·         1 tsp pimenta
·         1 tsp curcuma
·         1 lt water

Method

·         Cut the pumpkin like a watermelon, deseed and peel it. Chop it into small blocks.
·         Peel the carrots and slice them.
·         Put the olive oil into a large saucepan and add the onion and garlic which are chopped into small pieces.
·         Cook the onion and garlic for 2 minutes covered with medium heat and add the pumpkin and carrots.
·         Cook them 3 minutes (covered) more and add spices. Stir very well so that every ingredient touches the spices.
·         Add boiled water and lower the heat. Cook them till the carrots and pumpkin are soft.
·         Use the food processor to make it puree till it’s smooth.

Serving tip : Use 1 tbsp of sour cream. (See the picture.)

Enjoy your meal!

Sonbahar benim en sevdigim mevsimler biridir. Kahverenginin binbir cesidini gormek icimi isitir. Ayrica Ekimin sonuna geldik, her ne kadar da bizim adetlerimizden biri olmasa, Cadilar Bayrami zamani simdi. Cadilar Bayrami yani “Halloween” kutsal gece demekmis. Olulerin anilmasina adanmis bu gun aslinda. Bu gece boyunca anlatilan hayalet hikayeleri, perili evler ve korkutucu sakalar is insanlarin olumunun gucuyle karsi karsiya kalmasi icin yapilmis. Hic suphesiz Cadilar Bayraminin en onemli sembolu Balkabagi. Balkabagindan yapilan lambalarin ama kotu ruhlari korkutmakmis. Bana sorarsiniz guzelim balkabaklarini lamba yapmak yerine oturup bir guzel corba yapin. Aksam usumus ve ac bir sekilde eve geldiginizde icebileceginiz en guzel corbadir balkabagi corbasi. Benim tarifim biraz degisik. Ben bu corbayi yaperken normalde belki yakistirmayacaginiz baharatlar kullaniyorum. Kimyon , yeni bahar ve zerdecal. Hepsinin farkli bir tat ve lezzet verecegine emin olabilir. Deneyin ve gorun.

Malzemeler

·         1 orta boy balkabagi
·         2 orta boy havuc
·         3 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
·         1 orta boy sogan
·         1 dis sarmisak
·         1 cay kasigi kimyon
·         1 cay kasigi yeni bahar
·         1 cy kasigi zerdecal
·         1 lt su

Hazirlanisi

·         Balkabagini karpuz keser gibi kesin, cekirdeklerini cikartin ve soyun. Kucuk parcalar halinde kesin.
·         Havuclari soyup halkalar halinde dograyin.
·         Buyuk bir tencereye zeytinyagini koyup kucuk kucuk dogradiginiz sogan ve sarmisagi iki dakika orta hararette kavurunuz.
·         Balkabagini ve havucu da ekleyip kapagi kapali bir sekilde arada karistirarak 3 dakika pisirin.
·         Baharatlari ekleyin ve iyice karistirin. Baharatlar esit sekilde dagilsin.
·         Kaynamis suyu ilave edin ve dusuk ateste balkabaklari ve havoc yumusayana kadar pisirin.
·         Blenderla iyice pure haline getirin.

Servis ederken; 1 kasik krema kullanin. Resimdeki gibi. Afiyet olsun!