Green Curry Spinach and Coconut Soup with Grilled Shrimp for Souper (Soup, Salad, & Sammie) Sundays

It's Memorial Day Weekend and the weather shows it in the warmth and humidity, but still, any weather is soup weather for me. My tastes in summer soups are lighter and brighter. Thai flavors are a favorite because even though they can be spicy, they have such cooling elements in the coconut, lime and lemongrass that they are perfect or warmer days. I was attracted to Nigella Lawson's Spinach and Coconut Soup for those flavors and for the speed and ease it putting it together, limiting time and effort in the kitchen. She recommends adding some small cooked prawns and I tossed frozen shrimp in coconut oil and spices and tossed them in the toaster oven. Easy and delicious.

Nigella says, " This is an almost instant, super soothing supper made easily from store cupboard ingredients. I have stipulated two tablespoons of Thai green curry paste, but do be prepared to add more if you like a bit more fire.
 
If you want to adjust this a little, consider adding some little cooked prawns; just make sure they’re heated through before serving. The chopped red chili I add on serving is not obligatory, but I like the glossy red confetti!"

 
Green Curry Spinach and Coconut Soup with Grilled Shrimp 
Slightly Adpated from Nigella.com
(Serves 2-4)

2 Tbsp Thai green curry paste, or to taste
1 (13.5 oz) can coconut milk
500 grams frozen chopped spinach
250 ml freshly boiled water
1 tsp vegetable bouillon powder
(I added the juice from 1 lime + extra lime for serving)
1 red chili deseeded and chopped (optional)
grilled shrimp (optional)   

Put the curry paste into a medium-sized saucepan or casserole with a lid, and add a few tablespoons of the coconut milk to whisk it into a paste over heat. 

Stir in the remaining coconut milk, and add the frozen spinach chunks. Stir, then pour over the boiled water. (It should almost cover the spinach, but not quite.) 

Add the vegetable bouillon powder and stir to mix. Bring soup to the boil before putting on the lid and turning the heat down, so that the soup cooks at a gentle simmer for 10 minutes. 

When serving, if so wished, sprinkle each bowl with chopped red chili.

Note: I tossed raw peeled extra large (16-20 per lb) shrimp in a little coconut oil, lime juice, dried basil, Aleppo pepper, roasted garlic powder and cumin and coked them in a 400 degree oven for about 8 minutes--until pink and cooked through.

Notes/Results: A very simple and tasty soup--as Nigella says it is almost as quick as instant, even if you take the time to cook some shrimp. If shrimp isn't your thing, you could do a skewer of tofu or vegetables, or add some cooked chicken to round it out. I will likely take this to work this week with rice as my accompaniment. I used about 3 tablespoons of green curry paste and found it pleasantly spicy but not overpowering but make it to your tastes and the level of heat in your green curry paste. I would happily make this again.

Linking up with I Heart Cooking Clubs for Potluck Week. 

 
Now let's have a look in the into the Souper Sundays kitchen.

Angela of Mean Green Chef is back and sharing a delectable Bistro Broccoli Cheese Soup. She says, "I can honestly tell you that our Bistro Broccoli Cheese Soup is the best broccoli cheese soup ever, I mean it this is one seriously good soup! It transcends Panera by leaps and bounds, plus it’s super easy to make! A one pot wonder that we’ve boosted taste on by sautéing the vegetables and then browning the flour to pull out every last drop of flavor. Did I mention it’s easy to make too? It is!"

Debra of Eliot's Eats brought this yummy Chopped Greek Salad with Toasted Pine Nuts and Pitas inspired by Mama Mia Here We Go Again for Food 'N Flix. She said, "The original recipe (found here) used cannellini beans and grilled peppers. I halved the recipe to make servings for two, swapped out the cannellini beans for chickpeas, added more cucumber, less feta, and topped it off with toasted pine nuts. (I had jarred red peppers to add but forgot. I found the jar still in the grocery sack while I was doing dishes. Notice they’re optional.)"

 
Thanks to Debra and Angela for joining in this week!

About Souper Sundays:

Souper Sundays (going since 2008) now has a format of a picture link each week where anyone interested can post their soups, salads, or sandwiches at any time during the week and I post a recap of the entries the following week.

(If you aren't familiar with Souper Sundays, you can read about of the origins of it here. 
If you would like to join in Souper (Soup, Salad, and Sammie) Sundays, I would love to have you! Here's how...

To join in this week's Souper Sunday's linkup with your soup, salad or sandwich:

• Link up your soup (stew, chili, soupy curries, etc. are fine), salad, or sandwich dish, (preferably one from the current week or month--but we'll take older posts too) on the picture link below and leave a comment on this post so I am sure not to miss you. Also please see below for what to do on your blog post that you link up to Souper Sundays in order to be included in the weekly round-up.

and 

On your entry post (on your blog):

• Mention Souper (Soup, Salad & Sammies) Sundays at Kahakai Kitchen and add a link back to this post. (Not to be a pain but it's polite and only fair to link back to events you link up at--so if you link a post up here without linking back to this post or my blog on your post, it will be removed.)
• You are welcome to add the Souper Sundays logo to your post and/or blog (completely optional).

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Have a happy, healthy week!