African Sweet Potato – Peanut Soup

Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add garlic, onion powder, ginger, cumin, coriander, cinnamon and cloves. Stir and cook for a minute, until spices are fragrant.

Add tomatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, and water. Add salt to taste (I used about a teaspoon, but you may need more or less depending on your taste). Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until sweet potato pieces are tender. Add peanuts and cook for 3 or 4 minutes more.

Turn off heat and, using an immersion blender or blending in batches in a food processor, blend soup until smooth but slightly chunky—the peanuts won’t be completely smooth. Return to pot, add peanut butter and cilantro, and heat thoroughly, until peanut butter has been thoroughly mixed in.