Creamy roasted capsicum and pumpkin soup

On a cold winter day, this soup is very tempting and it is wholesome and filling. It is a healthy choice of food. Enjoy this reciipe and let me know about the result.

Ingredients :


250 gms peeled, deseeded, diced in to cubes pumpkin
1 red capsicum (we can use any colour capsicum, red gives a darker colour)
500 ml vegetable stock
100 ml skim thickened cream
Cracked black pepper (according to taste)
Salt (according to taste)
Croutons
Cilantro or parsley for garnish

Recipe:

1. Roast capsicum on gas or oven and let it cool.
2. Boil pumpkin cubes in vegetable stock and let it cool for a while.
3. Peel carbon off capsicum.
4. Crush roasted capsicum and boiled pumpkin and stock in the blender.
5. In a pot add the above crushed vegetables and let it come to boil and let it thicken a bit.
6. Add skim cream, cracked black pepper and salt to taste.
7. Roasted capsicum and pumpkin soup is ready for garnishing with croutons and chopped parsley.

Enjoy!!

This soup can have variations of vegetables like leeks or carrots or tomatoes as preferred.