Spicy Carrot Amaranth Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil 
• 1  cinnamon sticks 
• 4  sage chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 0.8 cup onion chopped
• 2 cups baby carrots 
• 2 cups vegetable stock unsalted
• 0.5 tsp ground pepper 
• 1 cup amaranth cooked ()
• 1 tsp salt 
• 0.5 cups coconut milk unsweetened
• 1 tbsp hemp seeds 

Equipment

• sauce pan
• blender

Directions

1. Heat oil in a nonstick sauce pan and add cinnamon stick. Immediately, add sage leaves and garlic and saut for few seconds.
2. Add chopped onions and saut until translucent.
3. Add baby carrots and mix well.
4. Add vegetable broth and cayenne pepper.
5. Mix and cover. Cook until it is properly boiled and the carrots are semi soft.
6. Turn off the flame and let it cool until it is ready to be put into the blender.
7. Remove the cinnamon stick from the soup and blend until smooth.
8. Strain and again put the soup in the sauce pan and turn on the flame.
9. At the first boil add cooked amaranth and salt.
10. Mix well.
11. Add coconut milk.
12. Mix well and turn off the flame.
13. Garnish with hemp seeds and serve hot.