This past week we have had some wonderfully warm and delicious summer days. So, with weather like that, and all the fresh and wonderful produce available I really enjoy creating and devouring new raw food dishes. It’s fresh, it’s tasty and it is so good for body and soul .
Today, I was inspired by a fresh young coconut and thought: “How about some chilled, raw, spicy coconut soup?” – what a great meal that could be!.
So I cracked open a young coconut – but … it was not as easy as it sounds! However, in the end well worth it. I poured the nutritious coconut water into the blender and scraped out the soft and delicate coconut meat.
I added 2 cups of filtered water into the blender with the fresh coconut water.
Then I took:
the meat of the coconut
4 fresh lime leaves
Freshly squeezed lime juice – I used 4 of the small key limes
1 clove of garlic
2 tbl. spoons of Braggs
2 teaspoons of good curry paste – different curry pastes have different strength,so add less and try as you go till it fits your taste
A slice of fresh ginger
2 handfuls of almonds
2 medjool dates
And blended it all into a creamy delicious raw soup base!
For the filling I finely chopped some ripe cherry tomatoes – the “reder” the better, some zucchini, some mushrooms – I use either Portobello or brown, and added some sprigs of coriander.
Sprinkle the filler over the chilled soup and serve with extra cilantro. You can use any of your favorite vegetable as filling.
and … Enjoy!!!
Anne Sture Tucker 
That looks delicious. I am going to pass along this link to a friend who was interested in making more raw food “main courses”. She had been experimenting and had been finding “desserts” easier to make and she is looking for more ideas. Thank you!
Lise-Lotte
Thanks so much Lise-Lotte 🙂
Have a great weekend!!
Wow Anne – so creative and beautiful! It looks spectacular, and young coconuts are such a treat!
This looks so good.. My other half won’t eat coconut other than in macaroons but I’m sure I would love it.
Everything I love in one dish 🙂
Anne, your soup sounds wonderful! So refreshing, spicy, flavorful and healthy! I wish I had your creativity!
Looks so amazing! Perfect for summer. Must try.
Yummi, sounds so delicious. Should have known this recipe when in Thailand, the land of coconuts. There I have had the young coconuts, but I don’t think we can get them here in Denmark, they get brown and hard on the long journey! I will ask though in my local Thai-shop and make this wonderful soup, perfect for a warm summer day.
Yum, yes – this soup made in Thailand,the land of coconuts 🙂
Thanks Annette!!!
What a gorgeous and healthy soup my friend 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you friend 🙂
I’d like to try that (although my wife just hates coconut)
I bet she will love to see the smile on your face while you are eating it 🙂
Thank you for stopping by!!
I have been drinking lots of young coconuts lately. They are meant to be really good for you… I hope. This looks super yummy 🙂
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Thank you!!