Jamaican Pumpkin-Coconut Soup

Description
Very spicy and hot soup.



Ingredients

 * 2 tablespoons olive oil
 * 1 onion
 * 1 jalapeno pepper
 * 1 1/2 lbs pumpkin
 * 1 potato
 * chopped fresh ginger
 * 1 piece lemongrass
 * 2 1/2 cups vegetable stock
 * 1 2/3 cups coconut milk
 * 1 tablespoon green curry
 * salt
 * pepper

Directions

 * Peel and chop onion.
 * Remove the seeds of jalapeno pepper and cut into slices.
 * Peel and chop pumpkin.
 * Stew onion, jalapeno pepper and pumpkin in olive oil.
 * Add potato, ginger and lemongrass.
 * Add vegetable stock, boil up the soup and let it simmer until pumpkin is done.
 * Remove lemongrass and mash the soup to puree.
 * Reheat (but not broil) the soup with coconut milk and green curry, taste soup with salt and pepper.