Soups
Carrot and Coriander Soup
A bright, everyday soup of carrots and a little potato simmered in stock with toasted ground coriander, blended smooth and finished with a big handful of fresh coriander.
- Serves 4
- Hands-on 15 min
- Cook 25 min
- Freezes well
- Vegan with vegetable stock and oil
- British
Method
Heat the oil (1 tbsp) in a large pan, add the onion (1 onion) and cook gently for 5 minutes, until softened.
Stir in the ground coriander (1 tsp) and the chopped coriander stalks (a little) and cook for 1 minute, until fragrant.
Add the potato (1 potato), carrots (6 carrots) and stock (1.2 litres). Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 20 minutes, until the carrots are completely tender.
Add most of the coriander leaves and blend until smooth. Add a squeeze of lemon (½ lemon) to sharpen, then season to taste.
Reheat if needed and serve scattered with the rest of the coriander leaves.
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Chef’s notes
- Coriander stalks have more flavour than the leaves, so cook them with the spice and keep the leaves for the end.
- For a richer soup add a spoonful of crème fraîche or yoghurt to each bowl.
- Old, woody carrots make a dull soup; use firm, sweet ones and cook them until really soft.
How this recipe was developed
We compared the carrot and coriander soup on BBC Good Food, its soup-maker version, and BBC Good Food’s carrot soup with chilli coriander pesto.
- Ground and fresh coriander. BBC Good Food’s version (4.65/5 from 769 ratings) uses 1 tsp ground coriander and a handful of fresh; we cook the fresh stalks with the spice too.
- A potato for body. BBC Good Food adds a potato so no cream is needed; we kept it.
- A squeeze of lemon. We added optional lemon juice to lift the sweetness of the carrots.
Sources we compared (ratings as shown on each site on 1 November 2026):
- BBC Good Food (Good Food team): Carrot & coriander soup (4.65/5, 769 ratings)
- BBC Good Food (Good Food team): Soup maker carrot and coriander soup (4.7/5, 64 ratings)
- BBC Good Food (Good Food team): Carrot soup with chilli coriander pesto (4.75/5, 8 ratings)
This is an original Cookeryonline recipe written in our own words. Ingredient choices and techniques are credited above; no source text has been copied.