Easy Roasted Sweet Potato Ginger Soup
This slightly spicy, slightly sweet, completely filling, unintentionally vegan, intentionally Easy Roasted Sweet Potato Ginger Soup calls for six simple ingredients and is one of our favorite soups this time of year – hoping it becomes one of your favorites too!
Today was my first time reading about the “live, raw water” craze that seems to be sweeping some areas of the country. Have you heard of this movement where “unfiltered, untreated, un-sterilized spring water” is being sold for (IMO) astronomical sums of mullah? Apparently, proponents of “live, raw water” belive that it is brimming with beneficial bacteria and naturally occuring minerals and happens to be free of chlorine and fluoride, the way water was destined to be consumed. These proponents are shelling out around $38+ for 2.5 gallons of this stuff!
I am not sure I could shell out that much money for water – which carries the chance that that “beneficial bacteria” might not be quite so “beneficial” …know what I mean? Now, maybe if said water was flavored with coffee AND chocolate … maybe… buuuuuuuut then again… not sure if all that toilet-time and emptier pockets would be worth it…
What I AM sure of is the consumption of bowlfuls of this Easy Roasted Sweet Potato Ginger Soup! Now, no raw water was used in the making of this soup. Just coconut milk, vegetable stock, cayenne pepper, turmeric, grated fresh ginger and roasted sweet potatoes. The cayenne pepper is completely optional, but, I like a little kick to balance off the sweet of the sweet potatoes, and my daughter said that slight spicy kick was addicting!
I made this soup super thick – almost sauce like! But, please feel free to add in more stock to thin it out according to your preferences. We enjoyed this soup with naan one night, Sri Lankan Coconut Roti another night (recipe coming on Thursday) and poured over roasted broccoli on yet another night. We have been having highs in the 30s F (-1 C) around these parts of North East-ish GA this past week or so (the winter temps that kept eluding us in December have decided to make a bold appearance this January)! So warming up with a bowl of soup has become a favorite evening tradition in our home – especially filling and healthy ones like this Easy Roasted Sweet Potato Ginger Soup – which I am hoping will become a favorite in your home as well ~ when you give it a try…
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 1 cup coconut milk I used full fat coconut milk
- 2.5 cups vegetable stock can add more for a thinner soup
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper optional
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
- salt and pepper to taste
- olive oil
- pepper flakes to garnish - again optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- While oven is preheating, peel and dice sweet potatoes (they cook quicker and blend easier this way). Then pour a tablespoon or so of olive oil onto diced sweet potatoes and rub them to make sure they are coated evenly with olive oil. Then set them to bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees.
- When sweet potatoes are baked, add them to a blender, along with coconut milk, vegetable stock, turmeric, cayenne pepper and ginger and blend well till creamy.
- Serve with chili flakes and bread of your choice.
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I can’t believe how cold it is in GA!!! I miss home, but right now I’m happy to be in So Cal.
This looks fabulous (and warming!). I love the side of roti… I need to try making my own one day.
Girl – am seriously thinking of moving out west! GAH this weather ain’t for this Sri-Lankan born gal!
BTW – thanks so much and happy anniversary again!
I’d like to know who comes up with these health trends! Raw water?! These people can’t be serious. I’d rather shell out a pretty penny for a bowl of this beautiful soup!
Aww – that was such a sweet comment – thank you so much Rae! And thanks for stopping by 🙂
Practically everyone in my household is sick with the flu. I think a big batch of this soup will do wonders!
Thanks so much Patty – hoping everyone starts feeling better soon and you don’t catch what’s going around!
No I definitely won’t be paying that much for raw Live Water either. I never heard of that movement until I just read that ..interesting LOL I first tried roasted sweet potato ginger soup last year have been hooked ever since! This recipe looks amazing can’t wait to try it!
I so totally agree!
Thanks so much for stopping by and your kind words, Gina!
I heard about the “raw water” thing last week and all I could think was how truly dangerous it would be to drink untreated water. The whole reason it goes through treatment centers is because people have DIED from untreated water. Glad to see you’ve abstained from e-coli tainted H20 in this lovely soup!
My sentiments exactly, Lisa!
BTW, thanks so much for stopping by today!
Sweet potato soup is one of my favourites and I love that there’s ginger in this too – I bet it tastes incredible!
The ginger and cayenne added a nice little kick 🙂 Thanks so much Bintu!
So very creamy and comforting…definitely one of my favourites!
Thanks so much, Angie!
The weather has been terrible for the last 2 weeks around here. I’ve been making a lot of soup and can’t wait to try this one! Such a great combination!
Mira – I sure hope it warms up soon in your neck of the woods! Btw, thank you so very much!
Umph. 30s as highs really is pretty cold down there. I hope you gals are staying bundled up! I see that you’ve got the delicious soup angle checked off already though. 🙂 I love using sweet potatoes as a soup base, and the ginger twist here would be quite tasty. I just heard about raw water yesterday, too…and it sounds like a total scam to me. I’ll stick with my filtered bottled water, thank you very much. Actually, check that, I just need to bottle this soup and then go about my business as usual! Haha!
Haha – scam indeed! Having lived in Sri Lanka, am so NOT fan of “raw” water as I know it’s “cons” quite well! TMI I know! BTW, David, I need to keep writing about it being in the 30s as no sooner than I say that, we have highs in the 60s (yes that was yesterday and close to that again today) So crazy this weather!
What a lovely vibrant colour! Reminds me of my Sweet Potato Garlic and Chilli soup. I’m intrigued about the flavour you would get from the spices here, yum! You are queen of the spices Shashi. And no, I definitely wouldn’t pay that much for water either based on the risk if might make me ill!! 🙂
Oooh I remember seeing that GORGEOUS Sweet Potato and Garlic soup! Such an honor to hear this reminds you of that bowl, Neil! I hope you try this spice blend out – it added a nice little spicy kick to this soup!
I just heard about this weird ‘raw water’ thing- crazy…not for this chicka!!! What is for this chicka, though, is this soup! The colour is like a sunset!! I love my soup thick too so I’m totally feeling the texture of this one. Can’t wait to see what more delicious recipes your bring us in 2018! XOXO
Haha – that raw water craze is nuts! I’m surprised someone hasn’t come up with “imported” raw water from 3rd world countries! BTW – Thanks so much Dawn! Looking forward to seeing what deliciousness comes out of your kitchen in 2018 as well, sweet friend
This is a seriously thick, rich and delicious soup! We have been eating more sweet potatoes lately as they really are super healthy and perfect warming vegetable. Wishing you a super 2018!
Thank you Bobbi! My mom often speaks of warming and cooling veggies but I had no idea sweet potatoes were considered warming ones – thanks for sharing that tidbit! Wishing you a healthy and happy 2018! xoxo
Shashi, this soup looks ah-mazing!! Love that you made it super thick–that’s how I love my soups. You did make this for me, right?? Haha. It’s just the perfect way to kick off the year, nice and healthy. Hope you’re doing well, my friend. Big hugs. xoxo
Haha – I most definitely did, Demeter! Hoping 2018 is off to a wonderful start, my dear! XOXO
This soup looks absolutely mouthwatering! I’ve actually never had sweet potato soup before so I’m long overdue to give it a try!
As far as raw water goes, I consider myself open-minded but this craze is too much for me. I moved to Portland, OR a couple years ago and discovered the city doesn’t put fluoride into the water source. That’s “raw” enough for me 🙂
What a gorgeous soup my friend. I love it thick like this. Anything with ginger, count me in. We need all the warm things up here in the tundra. It’s been freezing, not to mention we are expecting 4-8″ of snow overnight. Of course the kids are psyched re: school. I’m a little concerned because all the boys (except Hudson) are at a Celtics game tonight and will be driving back from Boston in the white stuff. Anywho – loving this thick and filling soup. No, have not heard of raw water and sounds like I may not have missed much, except holding on to a few billion pesos in this craze. But thanks for the education. Now that you’ve told me about it, I’ll see raw water every which way I look . Happy New Year my friend. xo
I love the cayenne pepper. Spicy is the must-to-have flavour in my meals.
The soup is so good, it will absolutely suit my cold!
I seriously doubt anyone would use a cup of coconut oil. Perhaps you meant coconut milk?
Hey Raven – yup, it’s coconut milk and not coconut oil.
Lovely filling, spicy soup. Made a double batch. Nice for the coming colder months. Very easy to make