Creamy Roasted Tomato, Garlic, and Onion Coconut Soup

I love Oh She Glows.


I'm clearly not vegan, as she is, but there are some legit tasty recipes on there. 


The recipe for this soup looked SO good. A must try. And I'm totally stoked for soup season.

Yield: 6 cups
Roasting vegetables:

• 5 pounds of roma tomatoes, washed & sliced in half
• 1 large sweet onion, peeled & sliced
• 2-3 large garlic bulbs, prepared for roasting
• extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt, & pepper, for vegetables

Soup:

• 3 cups roasted tomatoes
• 2 tbsp roasted garlic flesh
• all of the roasted sweet onion
• 1 can light coconut milk (reserve 2-3 tbsp for garnish)
• 3 cups vegetable broth (I used low-sodium)
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tsp garam masala or make your own
• 1 tsp salt or to taste (you may have to reduce amt. if you used full-sodium broth)
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• for garnish: garlic croutons, coconut milk, pesto, herbs, garam masala, pepper, etc.

1. Preheat oven to 400F and line 2 baking sheets with tin foil (note that parchment paper will burn). Grab a small casserole dish to place the garlic in. For how to prepare the garlic, see this tutorial. Lightly drizzle on EVOO onto onions and season onions and tomatoes with S & P. Roast for about 30 minutes and then check on the vegetables. You might have to remove the onions early as they cook the quickest. When the onions are golden and lightly blackened on the edge, you can remove them. Continue roasting the garlic for about 60 minutes or so (check it after 4 5mins), and the tomatoes for about 1 hour and 20 mins. Your oven times will vary though, so keep an eye on them! (I wasn't really sure how "done" tomatoes look. I went by her pic, but her looked way flatter than mine did. I cooked for about an hour and a half)

2. Add 3 cups roasted tomatoes, 2 tbsp roasted garlic flesh, and all the onion into a large pot. Add coconut milk, tomato paste, and broth and stir well.

3. Stir in the seasonings and spices to taste. Bring to a boil and then simmer for about 5-10 minutes.

4. Carefully transfer into a blender, processor, or use an immersion blender. Pulse for just a few seconds until chunky. You can also make it smooth, but I liked the texture. Serve immediately and garnish with reserved coconut milk, a sprinkle of garam masala, croutons/bread, and fresh black pepper.

Ok. This was good. It wasn't as mind blowing as I was hoping, though. It sort of tasted like eating a good pasta sauce with a spoon. I think maybe I had too many tomatoes? and the toughened tomato skins from the roasting? Ehhh....about that whole texture thing. I will definitely make this again, and maybe tweak things a little bit. I think there are a lot of variables in play and might have made mine a little different than hers. It was still tasty, though, and I now own garam masala to play with! Smells so good. I'm totally going to make some Indian style chickpeas with it. 


Party on.