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    Instant Pot Cauliflower Soup

    Published: Feb 12, 2019 || Last updated: Sep 25, 2020 by Farrukh Aziz

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    Look at that! A deliciously creamy cauliflower soup, isn't that alluring? This keto friendly low carb cream of cauliflower soup recipe will surely meet all your expectations to comfort your cravings. Loaded with walnuts, and delicately flavoured with dill, the soup that you would love to have repeatedly.

    Creamy Cauliflower soup served in two brown ceramic bowls with croutons on the side
    It’s a soup time now! Yeah, winters still here. We all agree that hot soups are must in winters to makes one-self feel so warm and relaxed. Local markets are flooded with variety fresh veggies during this season easing us to try different combinations of soups/broths.
    Cauliflower is one of my favourite veggie that I relish in any form. And, in winters cauliflowers are so fresh, beautiful and best. Cauliflower has the capability to pair up very well with any vegetables, nuts and even meat. 
    I have been yearning for warm comforting bowl of creamy cauliflower soup this fall. So, I made this simple and easy soup for you all to enjoy. Cauliflower braced walnut and dill brilliantly. When I had the first spoon of this cream of cauliflower soup, I was completely lost in its zest.  Absolutely delightful!

    This Creamy Cauliflower Soup is

    • Gluten free
    • Low carb
    • Tasty
    • Filling
    • Easily customisable
    • Keto friendly
    • You can add grated cheese of your choice to make it more creamy
    • You can make it Vegan too

    Can we Use Chicken broth to make this cream of cauliflower soup recipe?

    Yes, you surely add chicken broth to this recipe. Or, you can add the combination of both vegetable stock as well as chicken broth to the soup. Addition of broths builds the flavour and gives nice base to the soup.

    Ingredients you need for Creamy Cauliflower Soup Recipe

    This easy cauliflower soup recipe needs the very basic handful of ingredients only.

    To begin with, grab a fresh cauliflower head and chop them into florets. You can also pick up frozen cauliflower florets from the shelf of the supermarket.

    I have taken a mix of olive and butter as I love this combination in any soups. But, you can use olive oil and vegan butter for Vegan version, like I do sometimes.

    Sliced Garlic cloves and chopped onions gets sautéed in oil/butter. Fresh dill leaves goes in, however you use any herbs you like, namely parsley, thyme or sage. But keep in mind not to overburden the soup with strong aromatic herbs, so add in moderation just to flavour it delicately.

    Cook everything in either vegetable broth or chicken broth along with bay leaf.

    To make the soup creamy, I have used milk and cream. You can also add  handful of sharp cheddar to make it more creamy and cheesy. For Vegan cauliflower soup recipe, you can easily go ahead with using almond or coconut milk along with some coconut cream or vegan cheese. I love this cauliflower soup with almond milk.

    Finish the soup with coarsely chopped walnuts or pecan nuts, some ground nutmeg and chilli flakes.

    Stovetop Creamy Cauliflower soup recipe

    1. In a pan, heat oil and butter together, add chopped garlic and fry till light golden. Add onion and sauté till onion turns soft and pink. Then, add cauliflower and sauté for a minute.

    2. Add dill leaves, vegetable/chicken stock, bay leaf and bring it to boil. Cover and cook till cauliflower is soft. Take it off the heat, discard bay leaf and blend it to smooth puree using immersion hand blender

    3. Add milk in the puree and bring it to boil. Then add walnut, salt, pepper, chili flakes, nutmeg powder, mix very well and cook till it reaches thick soup consistency. Add cream, mix well and cook for another half a minute.

    4. Dish out in serving bowls, garnish with cream, chili flakes, walnut and dill leaves and serve with garlic toast/croutons/crackers/bread sticks.

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    How To Make Cauliflower Soup Recipe in Instant Pot - Step by Step

    To start with, press sauté mode of the IP. Once the IP displays 'hot', then add olive oil and butter together. Now, add sliced garlic and fry until golden.

    Sliced garlic added in hot oil butter mixture in the Instant pot

    Add chopped onions and fry until pink. This will take a minute or 2

    Chopped Onions added in the Instant Pot

    Then add fresh cauliflower florets and sauté for 2 minutes

    Cauliflower florets added in the instant pot

    Add vegetable stock, bay leaf, chopped dill leaves and salt, give a gentle stir.

    Vegetable stock, salt, dill leaves and bay leaf added in the instant pot

    Now, switch of the sauté mode. Close the IP lid with the pressure valve in sealing position. Press Manual/Pressure cook button and set the timer to 5 minutes on high pressure. IP takes 7-8 minutes to build the pressure, so sit back and relax. Avoid opening the pot in between.

    Instant Pot timer set to 5 minutes

    Allow the pressure to release naturally (NPR) for 5 minutes then Quick release the pressure (QPR) by changing the valve from sealing to venting position. Open the pot and allow it to rest for minute or 2.

    Cooked Cauliflower resting in the instant pot

    Then, discard the bay leaf and using the immersion blender, blend the cooked cauliflower to a smooth puree. Now, switch on the sauté mode on low, add milk, walnut and nutmeg and simmer for minute. Stir once in between.

    Milk, nutmeg powder and chopped walnuts added in the instant pot

    Then add fresh cream or coconut cream, pepper powder and mix, simmer for another 30 seconds

    Cream and black pepper added in instant pot

    Finally add red chilli flakes and mix. Creamy Cauliflower soup is ready to serve.

    Chilli flakes added in instant pot

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    Creamy Cauliflower soup served in two brown ceramic bowls with croutons on the side
    4.69 from 19 votes
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    Instant Pot Creamy Cauliflower Soup

    This keto friendly, low carb creamy cauliflower soup recipe will surely meet all your expectations to comfort your cravings. Loaded with walnuts, and delicately flavoured with dill, the soup that you would love to have repeatedly. You can make it on stove top too.
    Course Soup
    Cuisine American, Vegan
    Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time 20 minutes minutes
    Servings 4
    Calories 141kcal
    Author Farrukh Aziz

    Ingredients
     

    • 3 cups Cauliflower florets (roughly cut)
    • 1 Onion (medium sized, chopped)
    • 6 cloves Garlic (finely sliced)
    • 1.5 cups Vegetable stock (or Chicken stock)
    • 1 Bay Leaf
    • 3 tbsp Walnuts or Pecan Nuts (roughly chopped)
    • ¾ cup Milk or Almond/Coconut Milk
    • ½ cup Coconut Cream (or Fresh cream)
    • 2 tbsp Dill leaves (chopped)
    • 2 tbsp Olive Oil
    • 1 tbsp Butter (or Vegan Butter)
    • A large pinch of nutmeg powder
    • Chilli flakes as needed
    • Salt and pepper to taste
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    Instructions

    • To start with, press sauté mode of the IP. Once the IP displays 'hot', then add olive oil and butter together. Now, add sliced garlic and fry until golden. 
    • Add chopped onions and fry until pink. This will take a minute or 2
    • Then add fresh cauliflower florets and sauté for 2 minutes
    • Add vegetable stock, bay leaf, chopped dill leaves and salt, give a gentle stir.
    • Now, switch of the sauté mode. Close the IP lid with pressure valve in sealing position. Press Manual/Pressure cook button and set the timer to 5 minutes on high pressure. IP takes 7-8 minutes to build the pressure, so sit back and relax. Avoid opening the pot in between.
    • Allow the pressure to release naturally (NPR) for 5 minutes then Quick release the pressure (QPR) by changing the valve from sealing to venting position. Open the pot and allow it to rest for minute or 2.
    • Then, discard the bay leaf and using the immersion blender, blend the cooked cauliflower to a smooth puree. Now, switch on the sauté mode on low, add milk, walnut, nutmeg and simmer for minute. Stir once in between.
    • Then add fresh cream or coconut cream, pepper powder and mix, simmer for another 30 seconds
    • Finally add red chilli flakes and mix. Creamy Cauliflower soup is ready to serve.

    Notes

    • You can also use chicken stock instead of veg stock.
    • Add some grated cheese for more creaminess
    • You can make this recipe on stovetop too.
     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 141kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 307mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin C: 39.6mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 0.6mg
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    1. Analida Braeger says

      November 12, 2019 at 7:29 pm

      5 stars
      I have to get an Instant Pot to try this soup and so many other dishes. Thanks for the step by step photos!

      Reply
      • Farrukh Aziz says

        November 12, 2019 at 8:43 pm

        Hello Analida,
        Yeah, IP is such a boon to us, you should get one 🙂
        Thank you so much.

        Reply
    2. The Blonde Chef says

      October 31, 2014 at 2:17 pm

      Your photos are gorgeous! I am just drooling over this yummy looking soup!

      Reply
    3. Jayanthi Sindhiya says

      October 31, 2014 at 1:54 pm

      Super recipe with cauliflower

      Reply
    4. Hema Srivastava says

      October 31, 2014 at 11:39 am

      yummy creamy soup

      Reply
    5. Farrukh Aziz Ansari says

      October 31, 2014 at 2:32 am

      Thanks Sowmya 🙂

      Reply
    6. Sowmya Sundararajan says

      October 31, 2014 at 1:59 am

      Amazing as usual Farrukh. I should take some tips from you.

      Reply
    7. Farrukh Aziz Ansari says

      October 30, 2014 at 6:03 pm

      thank yo very much my dear Jyothi 🙂

      Reply
    8. Farrukh Aziz Ansari says

      October 30, 2014 at 6:02 pm

      thank you Rumana 🙂

      Reply
    9. Jyothi Rajesh says

      October 30, 2014 at 5:10 pm

      I love the way you style and click the photos. This picture is so beautifully simple and has so much impact on the viewer

      Reply
    10. Rumana Ambrin says

      October 30, 2014 at 5:05 pm

      Soup looks so creamy and delicious...

      Reply
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