Curried Peanut Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 teaspoons grated ginger
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped raw peanuts
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom or 1/4 teaspoon coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard powder
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 cups stock or 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup natural-style peanut butter
• 1/4 cup raisins (i like it) (optional)
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 cups room temperature buttermilk
• 2 fairly green bananas
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 dash salt
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 saute first 5 ingredients in a large saucepan.
• 2 add remaining ingredients and saute, stirring, 8-10 minutes over medium-low heat.
• 3 mix the soup base ingredients together to make a paste.
• 4 add to other ingredients.
• 5 mix, cover and simmer over very low heat for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• 6 whisk buttermilk into hot soup before serving.
• 7 for topping: slice bananas ¼ of an inch thick and fry in butter.
• 8 add remaining ingredients and fry another minute.
• 9 spoon into soup bowls.
• 10 this is best served in very small servings as it is very rich.
• 11 you may get even more servings.
• 12 but i love having this by myself the next day, and can never make enough.