Spicy Roasted Curried Parsnip Soup

Roasting the parsnips for this curried parsnip soup recipe gives a depth to the flavour that marries perfectly with mild curry flavours!

Spicy Curry Parsnip Soup.

I love this soup, one of the great triumphs form our garden this year is finally growing parsnips.

A vegetable rarely heard of in Hungary. The relatively similar but definitely not the same parsley root rules the day out here and it just does not work in this type of soup.

Ours are ‘fugly’, gnarly things but the taste is sublime, the sweet and earthy in flavour, perfect for this recipe.

Like many of the recipes posted here, I have been cooking this soup for years but never written it down.

You can scale the recipe up or down as you like.

It freezes well and will store fresh in the fridge for up to a week.

As for the crispy fried carrot “crisps”, you are welcome!

Roasted Vegetables for Soup.

Roasting the parsnips for this soup is the secret to its flavour.

Caramalisation is where this magic happens! Those little darkened bits add sweetness in a way that can not be replicated.

You will have seen something similar if you have seen my roasted tomato soup or indeed my roasted carrot soup recipes.

Of late I have started to do this process in my air fryer. Simply toss the ingredients in oil and then throw in the air fryer and crank up the heat to 200°C or 400°F.

Cooking takes less time at around 25-30 minutes and the flavour is just as good.

How To Choose Curry Powder.

This recipe is one of very few here that call for using Curry Powder.

I usually use whole spices in my recipes to create my own “curry powder” flavours.

But like my pineapple chicken curry and katsu curry, this is not aimed at the ardent hardcore curry cook.

Curry powder is a difficult ingredient to buy. First of all ‘curry powder’ is not really a thing so there is no absolute recipe to lean on as a base.

That means everyone who makes this recipe form curry powder will end up with a different soup!

However, I tend to find curry powders labelled Madras curry powder have a relatively decent flavour profile and a nice amount of spice.

It is also important to note that if you are not planning to use curry powder a lot then buy a small packet.

Even if you store spices in a cool dark spot in an airtight container they will slowly mellow in flavour.