Creamy Coconut, Chickpea and Asparagus Soup

Name: Creamy Coconut, Chickpea and Asparagus Soup Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 7
Ingredients: Smart Balance Buttery Spread 3 tbsp; Onion medium chopped; garlic 2 cloves; chicken broth 32 oz; light coconut milk 1.5 cups; garam masala 1 tsp; hot curry powdwer 1tbsp; white pepper 2tsp; seasoned salt 1 tsp; asparagus 21 spears; chickpeas (gabanzo beans) 1.5 cups; Agave inulin 8 tbsp

Minutes to Prepare: 15
Minutes to Cook: 30

Number of Servings: 7

Ingredients

Smart Balance Buttery Spread, 3 tbspOnion, medium, choppedgarlic, 2 cloveschicken broth, 32 ozlight coconut milk, 1.5 cupsgaram masala, 1 tsphot curry powdwer, 1tbspwhite pepper, 2tspseasoned salt, 1 tspasparagus, 21 spearschickpeas (gabanzo beans), 1.5 cupsAgave inulin, 8 tbsp

Directions

Use medium sized saucepan. Melt three tablespoons of Smart Balance Buttery Spread in saucepan. Add chopped onion and two minced garlic cloves and saute until translucent. Add 4 cups of chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add 1.5 cups of light coconut milk to boiling mixture followed by 1.5 cups of organic garbanzo beans. Add garam masala, hot curry powder, white pepper and seasoned salt to mixture and stir. Bring it back to a boil and and then add 21 asparagus spears, chopped into one inch pieces, to the mixture. Turn down to simmer and cook for 15 minutes. After simmering is complete. Pour the mixture into a blender and puree. Add Agave Inulin to pureed mixture and puree again. Ready to serve. Number of servings: 7

Number of Servings: 7

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FRTLTDR.

Servings Per Recipe: 7

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