Curry Squash Soup

Soup is a major, major comfort food :) Also, for those on a diet, servings of soup gives you that fill without the excess fat or calories.  One of my favorite soup is Curry Squash Soup.

This one is easy to prepare, all you need are:

4 cups of squash, peeled
1 white onion
2 Tbsp of garlic
1 tsp curry powder
4 tsp of cream
6 cups of broth (chicken or beef) you may also try Knorr cubes dissolved in 6 cups of water
salt and pepper

Sauté the onion then the garlic  (notice that this is always the right sauté sequence as garlic cooks faster than the onion.)  After the onions become transparent (naging honest na sya, *joke*), add the squash, broth, curry and salt (according to your taste but this requires about 1/2 tsp, lessen if using bullion or cubes.)  Bring this to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes until the squash is tender.  Remove form heat.  You may puree the squash using a food processor/osterizer or mash the squash with a fork (although the consistency might not be as good.)   If using a fork, stir the soup well to blend the squash with the soup.

To prepare, ladle soup in a serving bowl and add one tsp of cream.  Add salt and pepper to taste.