This cream of broccoli soup is made with fresh broccoli, cauliflower and coconut milk. It is a spicy and very quick soup recipe perfect for cold weather
Made with fresh and simple ingredients, this soup is the perfect warm-me-to-my-toes kind of soup.
I roasted the veggies to bring out their flavors and makes the flavors wake up your frozen taste buds.
I figured I would squeeze in one more soup recipe before soup season is over. A spicy and creamy broccoli soup with cauliflower recipe is the perfect way to end the season.
The one thing I wanted this soup to be was spicy. By spicy, I mean really spicy! I figured that this was a cold winter, so, there should be a soup recipe that will help clear everyone’s sinuses.
So, this recipe contains (affiliate link) Indian red chili pepper powder (Extra Hot). This pepper is used daily in all my Indian cooking and personally, I don’t find it too spicy.
Those that don’t use it daily will definitely find this recipe a cheap way to clear your nasal passages. And, might I add, a very delicious way to clear them.
Along with the chili pepper, there is also a generous amount of garlic and ginger. They both have a natural ability to free up those congested areas.
Instead of making this a creamy and heavy soup, I went with a (affiliate link) lite coconut milk to add a “creamy” feel to the soup. The lite coconut milk has about 65% less fat than the full version of coconut soup.
You know that wonderful feeling you get when you pair 2 very separate personalities and they end up living happily ever after?
That is the feeling I got when I paired the broccoli and cauliflower together. Broccoli made this soup dense and the nutrition value of cauliflower made this soup a healthy alternative to calorie-heavy soups.
The way I see it, this soup was a match made in heaven!
Or, at the very least, a match made in my kitchen.
What is your favorite winter soup?
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Spicy Broccoli soup with Cauliflower
1) Preheat oven to 475 degrees. In a bowl, add 2 cups of broccoli heads.
2) Add 1 cup of cauliflower heads
3) Add 1 cup of roughly chopped onions
4) Add 3 cloves of garlic
5) Add 4 slices of ginger
6)Add 1/2 Tbsp of red chili pepper powder (extra hot)
7) Add 1/2 tsp of sea salt
8) Add 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
9) Mix well and place on a baking tray. Place the tray in the oven and roast the vegetables for about 20 minutes or until the broccoli and cauliflower crowns turn dark brown
10) Remove from the oven and let them cool for about 5 minutes
11) Add the roasted veggies into a blender. Add 1 cup of water and blend on high speed. Blend until the contents are smooth. There should be no chunks remaining after blending
12) Transfer the contents into a medium pan and set the heat to medium-high
13) Add 1 and 1/2 cups of lite coconut milk
14) Add 1/2 tsp of salt or to taste
15) Add 1/4 tsp of freshly ground pepper (optional)
16) Bring the contents to a boil and then add 2 tsp of freshly squeezed lime juice
Transfer the broccoli soup into a bowl and enjoy!
Broccoli Soup With Cauliflower (Vegan)
Ingredients
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 cup cauliflower florets
- 1 cup roughly chopped onions
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 slices ginger
- ½ Tbsp red chili pepper powder (extra hot)
- ½ tsp sea salt (for roasting the veggies)
- ½ tsp kosher salt (to flavor the soup)
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup water
- 1½ cup lite coconut milk
- ¼ tsp black pepper optional, freshly ground
- 2 tsp lime juice freshly squeezed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
- In a bowl, add broccoli, cauliflower, onions, garlic, ginger, red chili pepper, sea salt and oil
- Mix well and spread them out on a baking tray
- Place in the oven and roast for about 20 minutes or until the broccoli and cauliflower crowns are browned
- Remove from the oven and let them cool for about 5 minutes
- Add the roasted veggies into a blender.
- Add water and blend on high speed until the soup is very smooth
- Transfer the contents into a medium pan and set the heat to medium-high
- Add lite coconut milk, salt, pepper and bring to a boil
- Mix the lime juice before serving
So healthy and looks yummy! My husband will love it.
Lovely! I don’t mind having that soup any time of the day! I love spicy food too so that’s definitely a bonus. Thanks for the recipe! It’s great that you used coconut milk!
I am a soup fan! I love your boldness of adding the ginger and red chili pepper. I also love the roasting at 475! I think the se additions must make an amazing soup. Wonderful recipe and I must make this. Have all ingredients for my weekend soup!
Nothing like a classic, great pictures and I wish I had you closer now I am craving this soup =)
Thank you, Adriana
I love broccoli! I bet this soup makes delicious use of it!
This looks amazing!! I have been searching for some dairy-free soups – this looks perfect.
Thank you, Erin.
Don’t know that I will make it but would most certainly have a bowl!
Thank you, Claudette. I think you will like when I make it for you
I love Broccoli! And this soup looks incredibly delicious! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you, Mhaan
What a great recipe! Looks nice and healthy! Love broccoli soup!
Thank you, Mama
This soup sounds and looks delicious but is way too spicy for me. I do like the idea of making it spicy though to make it different
Thank you, Michelle. You can omit the red chili pepper and it will taste just as delicious
I am a veggie so broccoli and cauliflower soup sounds delicious cant wait to try it!
Thank you, Ana
I love broccoli. This soup sounds so yummy, I need to make it.
Thank you, Tara
I love eating broccoli, but have never tried the broccoli soup. Looks very delicious. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Thank you, Eugenia
Oh no…if that was for dinner I would go to bed hungry…I do not like either of those ingredients even though I love soup
Thank you, Mardene. I wouldn’t let you go to bed hungry, because I would find something for you to eat.
A Big Bowl for me please! Looks so comforting and delicious!
Thank you, Florian. I have a bowl of this soup waiting for you.
I just love everything about this soup! especially the heat factor, we like it HOT here too
Thank you, Heather.
Yumm! I will have to try this out. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Laura
Thank you for sharing this recipe with us. I will bookmark this and see if I can do the recipe this weekend.
Thank you, Agnes
Oh my gosh I seriously like the sounds of this soup!! I like all the ingredients (why didn’t I think to make this huh??) and um, there is NO soup season – it goes ALL year!! Thanks for the recipe and Pinned!!
Thank you, Swell Condition
WOW, I love everything about this! spicy is welcomed at our house, and I love the blend of the pepper AND ginger. we both suffer from allergies, so this is good timing!
Thank you, Kristina