Fight back flu and colds with this Goji Berries, Mushroom and Sweet Potato vegan soup that is nothing but a powerhouse of goodness!
When it's time to wrap up, it also time to dig out pots and soup recipes because nothing beats the winter chill like a steaming bowl of soup, it brings you the ultimate in comfort and heartwarming food.
Specially made with season's bountiful produce and spices adds the best flavours and nutritious values to the dish. This one-pot wonder of soup is an infinite powerhouse to provide comfort when feeling under the weather.
Can I make this soup in the Instant Pot?
Select SAUTE button on the panel of your Instant Pot, add oil along with onion, garlic, ginger and chilli (if using) and saute until onion turns light pink.
Then add mushrooms.
Tip in roughly chopped sweet potatoes.
And goji berries.
Now add vegetable stock.
Cancel saute button, close the lid and make sure the pressure valve is on the sealing position. Press HIGH-PRESSURE COOK for 5 minutes.
After 10 minutes NPR, release the pressure manually.
Using a hand blender puree the soup.
Sprinkle little red chilli flakes and black pepper powder and serve hot.
We served ours with Tiger Rolls, which are also made using an Instant Pot.
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Yield: 6-8 servings
Goji Berries, Mushrooms and Sweet Potato Soup
Fight back flu and colds with this Goji Berries, Mushrooms and Sweet Potato vegan soup that is nothing but a powerhouse of goodness!
prep time: 5 minscook time: 20 minstotal time: 25 mins
ingredients
- 50 g goji berries
- 400 g organic mushrooms sliced
- 3-4 medium sweet potatoes, diced with skin left on ( lots of goodness is in the skin )
- 1 big onion roughly chopped
- 2-3 green chillies chopped
- ½ tsp. red chilli flakes ( optional )
- 5-6 garlic cloves chopped
- 2 tbsp. fresh ginger chopped
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 1-litre vegetable stock
- salt and pepper
instructions
Heat olive oil in a stovetop pressure cooker pan or regular saucepan.
Add onion, garlic, ginger and chillies and sauté for about 4-5 minutes.
Now add sweet potatoes, mushrooms along with goji berries.
Stir once or twice and add vegetable stock and close the pressure cooker pan lid and let it cook till 3 whistles.
Let the pressure cooker cool naturally.
If you are using a regular saucepan, simmer well for 20-22 minutes or until potatoes are soft.
Season with salt, pepper and red chilli flakes.
Blend the soup with electric hand blender or carefully add soup into a blender and blend into a smooth soup.
Garnish with chopped chilli (optional) and goji berries and serve hot with any type of crusty bread or rolls.
This time I served with tiger loaf
This soup freezes well too.
Enjoy!
NOTES:
This soup can be prepared in an Instant pot or any other electric pressure cooker. I have garnished the soup with rosemary, just for the photographic purpose as I was run out of fresh green chillies. However, when we had the soup we really enjoyed the rosemary flavours in this soup :)
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Note:- This post was originally posted in December 2014 but I have updated the post since with newer photos and content.
Freda says
Love the ingredients in this flavorful soup, looks warm and cozy! Gorgeous clicks as always 🙂
Praneetha says
This combination of goji berries, mushroom and sweet potato in a soup is very new to me. Looks extremely delicious and loved the colour.
Padma says
Such a refreshing and soothing soup...Love the creamy texture due to the sweet potato...Yummilicious!!
Jay Joy says
This looks so good! I am headed to back to America mid-December and will put this on my list of meals to make! HOT soup with crusty bread; it looks so flavorful! BTW- Congratulations on yoru child inmed school!!!!
Priya Suresh says
I have a packet of gojiberries sitting sadly in my pantry, thats a brilliant idea of making soup with them. I wont forget to add them while making soup next time, thanks for the idea Jags. Soup looks extremely catchy and delicious, definitely a comforting soup.
My Culinary Journey says
The nutritious soup sounds yummilicious. I have doubts about availability of goji berries here in India.
I loved the way you have included sweet potato in this.
Lesli Schwartz says
I love sweet potato soup! And that fact that it's so healthy too. This looks so warming and delicious!
Geetha Priyanka says
Soup with goji berries sounds interesting. This bowl of nutritious and healthy soup is perfect to enjoy in this cold weather.
Indfused says
What a healthy soup jagruti and I love the layers of flavor in it. I am not surprised Hayley loved it!
Swati says
Gorgeous colors and lovely capture. Healthy and nutritious, perfect bowl of comfort food!!
Motions and Emotions says
You reminded me our college days...those are funfillfun days...this soup is so good for this season and love the addition of sweet potatoes which gives creamy texture
Beth says
I don't know if I can find goji berries locally, but I am certainly going to find out! This looks and sounds delicious! And the photographs are stunning! Well done!
Meymi-Pastry and Beyond says
It looks so delicious and sounds very nutritious!
Choclette says
This looks absolutely gorgeous, as do all of your soups. Love the colour and the inclusion of goji berries.
kitchen queen says
refreshing and nutritious soup.
jcookingodyssey says
Thanks Indu ji..where are you? Hope all well.