Caribbean Veggie Soup

Shopping List:

• 2 Large sweet potatoes.
• 2 peppers
• 2 medium onions
• 4 celery sticks
• 3 medium carrots
• 2 cans of chopped tomatoes
• 1 can of coconut milk
• half teaspoon of dries crushed chillies
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 1 teaspoon of black pepper
• 1 teaspoon of cumin
• 1 teaspoon of turmeric
• 4 bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons of sweet pepper powder
• 2 table spoons of dries parsley
• Half of lemon for squeezing.

No meat today guys, sorry! Today is all about vegetables. I honestly can't believe i just wrote that, because I love meat, however this soup is one of excellent vegetarian dishes brought into our home by Dorota. By the way, another superb winter warmer.

Ok, so after sorting out all the ingredients we take a large pot and heat it up to medium power. Throw half teaspoon of crushed dry chillies into the pot and let them roast. No point of me telling you how long will this take, you will know as the roasted chillies will produce amazing smell, which after a short while will make you cough and sneeze like a monster. There there, it's over. You can open the windows now and release the fumes for the neighbors to enjoy. Puor 2 table spoons of olive oil into the pot and add onions, peppers, celery and carrots. Fry the vegetables until they're soft and shiny. After the veggies are done add the spices, add salt, black pepper, sweet pepper powder, turmeric, cumin and dried parsley. Stir it and let the spices do their job for about 5 minutes. Next thing to do is pour boiled water into the pot until it's half full, than add the bayleaf and chopped sweet potatoes. We stop here for a second, so I could show you what's the way you shall chop them, there is no other way, trust me. 

After you're done they look like this:

Now leave covered until everything is back to boiling. Than add 2 cans of chopped tomatoes and leave until boiling once again. The last stage will be adding coconut milk and 2 table spoons of squeezed lemon juice. Stir it all together and try it. Magic probably already happened but you can still add salt and pepper if you think your soup needs any. Let it hob for the next 20-30 minutes. You have made it again! Well done. Smells good innit? Caribbean Veggie Soup is now ready to serve and looks beautiful as well:

ENJOY!