Spicy tomato soup with chakalaka – Food & Home Magazine

Ingredients

• <h3>Chakalaka</h3>
• 15ml (1 tbsp) olive/avocado oil
• 500ml (2 cups) carrots, grated
• 1 red pepper, seeded and julienned
• 1 green pepper, seeded and julienned
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 5ml (1 tsp) dried chilli flakes
• 10ml (2 tsp) ground paprika
• salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 x 410g tin baked beans in tomato sauce
• <h3>Soup</h3>
• 80ml olive/avocado oil
• 450g onion, finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 20ml (4 tsp) ground cumin
• 10ml (2 tsp) harrissa paste
• 30ml (2 tbsp) tomato paste
• 2 x 400g tins chopped plum tomatoes in tomato juice
• 2,5cm piece fresh ginger
• 10ml (2 tsp) castor sugar
• 2 litres good-quality vegetable stock
• fresh thyme, to garnish