- 500g carrots
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 garlic clove
- A handful of coriander
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 35g cashews
- 1 lemon
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 750ml boiling water
- 1.
Heat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Scrub the carrots and chop into 1cm-thick batons. Scatter into a roasting tin. Sprinkle over 1 tsp ground coriander and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Drizzle over 1 tbsp oil and toss well till evenly coated. Slide into the oven to roast for 20 mins, till golden on the outside and tender in the middle.
- 2.
Meanwhile, peel and crush the garlic. Separate the coriander leaves and stalks and finely chop the stalks (save the leaves for later).
- 3.
Bring a dry pan to a medium-high heat. Add the cashews. Fry for 2-3 mins, turning frequently, till toasted on all sides. Tip into a bowl. Reduce the heat of pan to medium and add 1 tbsp olive oil.
- 4.
Slide the garlic and coriander stalks into the pan along with a pinch of salt and pepper. Fry for 1 min, stirring frequently. Top up with 750ml boiling water and crumble in the stock cube. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and keep warm.
- 5.
When the carrots are cooked, transfer to the pan and use a stick blender to whizz everything into a smooth soup. No stick blender? Pour the soup (in batches if needed) into a blender and blitz. Squeeze in half of the lemon juice and have a taste. Add more salt and pepper if needed.
- 6.
Roughly crush the cashews. Finely chop the coriander leaves. Ladle the soup into deep bowls and sprinkle over the nuts and coriander. Serve with wedges of the leftover lemon half.