
Kumara, pumpkin and chickpea soup
This slow cooker sweet potato ( kumara), pumpkin and chickpea soup recipe, is an easy and healthy winter weeknight dinner, packed full of flavour, ready when you get home and don't feel like cooking.
Serves: 6
Time to make: 8 hrs
Total cost: $21.00 / $3.50 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
Units: Metric | Imperial (US)
- 600g pumpkin, peeled, roughly chopped
- 2 cups golden kumarasweet-potatoX, peeled, chopped
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 1 green capsicum, chopped
- 2 sprigs fresh oregano
- 6 cups water
- 400g can no-added-salt chickpeagarbanzoXsgarbanzosX, drained, rinsed
- 2 teaspoons Moroccan seasoning
Instructions
1 Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Set on low and cook for 8 hours.
2 Use a stick blender to blend mixture until smooth.
3 If preferred, serve with a sprinkle of chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Check seasoning is gluten free.
Check out all our soup recipes here, or see below for pumpkin soups:
Red lentil pumpkin and tomato soup
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 160cal
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Kilojoules 670kJ
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Protein 6g
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Total fat 2g
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–Saturated fat 1g
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Carbohydrates 25g
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–Sugars 9g
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Dietary fibre 8g
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Sodium 380mg
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Calcium 80mg
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Iron 1.5mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
Author: Rebecca Johnston
Photographer: Devin Hart
First published: Jul 2014
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