We have toppings on icecreams, but rarely on soups, unless it's a limp piece of parsley, a dollop of cream or a sprinkling of black pepper. But toppings are a fabulous way to get extra nutrients from the seeds, nuts, herbs or vegetables you choose, making your meal more complete, and adding interest, flavour and texture. I can plonk soup in front of the husband and he'll say 'thanks', but if it's got toppings? I get 'wow' and 'this looks amazing!'.
Plus, it's lot of fun.
Two Soups, Two Toppings - Plus Some Options
The first is dahl - whatever you make it out of, spicey or not, dahl is a complete meal that's easy on the digestion, and tasty as well. I could live off dahl.
I never eat it without a squeeze of lemon. That really brings out the flavour, plus adds some good old vitamin c. You can make a dahl super simply by basically cooking up some red lentils with stock, or you could fry some Indian spices in coconut oil before adding your split peas or whatever lentils you choose, some stock and even some vegetables.
For this topping, I added red cabbage, pepitas, calendula and coriander. A few thinly sliced fresh jalapenos and some coconut yoghurt, and a sprinkling of red paprika finished it off. Simply to die for.
Other dahl toppings?
- Fry onions til caramelised, add mustard seeds for a minute til they pop in the oil, and stir through with fresh mint.
- Fried yellow capsicum with harrissa
- A sprinkling of nigella seeds, a dollop of coconut yoghurt, parsley or coriander
- Pan toasted pepitas and pan toasted coconut
The second soup is creamy celery and fennel. I would never add extra cream to a soup, as I just don't like it, but if you like it creamier a splash of vegan milk or coconut yoghurt can work well. For me, potatoes do the trick. This particular soup was made from one whole celery bunch, thinly sliced, two cloves of garlic, three fennel stalks and tops, half a zucchini and 4 potatoes. Oh, and the stock of course. Don't you just love how easy soup is? Soups like this are just basically an allium of some kind fried in olive oil, vegetables, stock and water, simmered til the vegetables are soft and run through a blender.
Today's toppings were fresh fennel flowers from the garden, pan toasted pepitas, thinly sliced mild cayenne chilli, calendula, and parsley.
Other Toppings That Go Well With Creamy Soup
- Pan fried mushrooms with smoked paprika, thyme and garlic
- Powdered black garlic and caramelised onion
- Toasted sunflower seeds, nigella seeds and parsley
- A drizzling of truffle oil and toasted slivered almonds
- Sage fried in vegan margarine and drizzled on top
- Crispy fried sage in olive oil
The trick is to use your imagination, and consider what flavours pair well together. It really does add an extra dimension to soup!
Do you put toppings on your soup, or do you prefer it plain?
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Fried onion is my fav topping. And then ah, sun-dried tomatoes I think that's good too.
Thank you so much for adding some topping inspiration. :)
You are welcome!!! I adore fried onions too.
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Now you've got me looking at soup in a whole different light, these are works of art @riverflows!
My absolute favourite soup is spicy Moong Dal and I just top it with a couple of dania (cilantro/coriander) leaves, but guess who's going to be experimenting from here on, awesomeness!
Caramelized onions sound like my kind of topping!
Oh you will love the experimentation!!!! It's next level.. you will really enjoy wow-ing people!
Ok, I'll now be rethinking dahl the next time I make it! That's an amazing idea. In the spring I like to top my leek and potato soup with fresh cut ramsons and a dollop of crème fraiche.... When I was feeling antisocial in public I would just breath in the general direction of the individual I didn't wish to talk to and it kept things wonderfully brief. lol. As always great post matey. Definitely will make use of this one.
Oh man I love ramsons!!! Let me know how you go with this. I promise it'll be way better than boring soup!
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Damn, that looks freaking tasty!!!
I'm not a soup person, I do eat it sometimes, but I never get exciting plating it as your soups above, but god, it's looking very tasty!
Note to self: try it :) haha
Oh wow, those dishes look amazing. I wish lockdown was at your house! 😄
They both look like something to hang on the wall. Oh and to inhale. Yummmmm!
Soups need accessories, and this is a pretty awesome collection of ideas. I am a big fan of Indian podis, and I really love putting on top of soups. Those are some really beautiful plates you've assembled, fit for museum display. 😊
Thanks @riverflows for sharing this with us.
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Thanks so much @justinparkes, it's always a pleasure to be curated by you! I love any Indian dish, though I haven't tried podis - maybe as I didn't go to South India and I haven't seen them in Australia. They sound amazing!