Taste Magazine
Login/Register
Menu
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Starters
    • Mains
    • Desserts
    • Drinks
    • View all
  • Ingredients
    • Asparagus
    • Avocado
    • Beetroot
    • Berries
    • Cheese
    • Chicken
    • Mielies
    • Potatoes
    • Spinach
    • View all
  • Dishes
    • Chakalaka
    • Braai
    • Fridge desserts
    • Mediterranean
    • Sandwiches
    • Plant-based
    • Potjies
    • View all
  • Occasions
    • Birthdays
    • Ramadan
    • Eid
    • Easter
    • Pesach
    • Diwali
    • Hanukkah
    • Christmas
    • New Year’s Eve
  • Popular
    • South African
    • Air fryer
    • Braai
    • Five-ingredients or less
    • 30 minutes or less
    • Great Value
  • Win
    • Competitions
    • Competition Winners
  • Culture
    • Articles
    • How To
    • Columns
    • Glossary
  • WList™ great value hub
  • Login
  • WCellar
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter sign up
Editor’s picks
Honey-and-strawberry parfait with mint salsa
Afternoon tea

Honey-and-strawberry parfait with mint salsa

6–8 minutes
Yorkshire puddings
Christmas recipes

Yorkshire puddings

20–25 minute
Mac-and-cheese potjie
Braai recipes

Mac-and-cheese potjie

45–60 minutes
  • Home
  • Recipes
  • baby leeks
Broad bean-and-pancetta soup
Italian recipes

Broad bean-and-pancetta soup

20 minutes
Leek-and-potato frittata
Brunch recipes

Leek-and-potato frittata

40 minutes
Roast prawns with baby leek-and-dill pilaupr
Prawns and

Roast prawns with baby leek-and-dill pilaupr

25 minutes
Leek-and-pancetta skillet breakfast tart with crispy harissa-fried eggs
Breakfast recipes

Leek-and-pancetta skillet breakfast tart with crispy harissa-fried eggs

45 minutes
Green minestrone
Soup recipes

Green minestrone

1 hour 10 minutes
Butternut noodle and carrot soup
Carrot recipes

Butternut noodle and carrot soup

45 minutes
Baked fennel and leeks with gnocchi
Aliums

Baked fennel and leeks with gnocchi

3 hours
Mozzarella, poached leek, fennel and citrus salad
Thirty minute

Mozzarella, poached leek, fennel and citrus salad

15 minutes
Mushroom, hazelnut and leek-stuffed spiced rack of lamb with charred onion petals
Lamb recipes

Mushroom, hazelnut and leek-stuffed spiced rack of lamb with charred onion petals

45 minutes
Welsh rarebit on toast with corn and leeks
Aliums

Welsh rarebit on toast with corn and leeks

15 minutes
Mussels in beer broth with garlic-mayo toast
Aliums

Mussels in beer broth with garlic-mayo toast

15 minutes
Turmeric-and-coconut broth
Chicken recipes

Turmeric-and-coconut broth

20 minutes
Load more
  • Taste Magazine
  • shop online at woolworths. Shop Now
© 2025 Woolworths holdings limited. All rights strictly reserved.
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Media24
Please login or register to favourite a recipe.
Login/Register

Turmeric-and-coconut broth

By Abigail Donnelly
4
Easy
15 minutes
20 minutes

Ingredients

    For the broth:

  • 1 T avocado oil
  • 100 g baby leeks, finely chopped
  • 1 x 70 g punnet Woolworths crushed garlic, ginger and turmeric
  • 1 garlic clove, finely grated
  • 1⁄2 t ground turmeric
  • 1 x 400 ml can coconut milk
  • 1 t palm sugar
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • For serving:

  • 600 g Woolworths chicken meatballs
  • 300 g shimeji mushrooms
  • 100 g baby pak choi
  • 200 g rice vermicelli, cooked according to package instructions
  • 40 g coconut chunks, finely grated, to garnish

Method

1. Heat the avocado oil in a large pan over a medium to high heat. Sweat the baby leeks until golden and translucent.
Add the ginger, garlic and turmeric and cook for 1 minute. Add the remaining broth ingredients and whisk to combine.

2. Poach the chicken meatballs in the coconut broth until cooked through.

3. Add the shimeji mushrooms and baby pak choi and cook until al dente. Serve with the rice vermicelli and garnish
with the coconut.

Cook's note: Turmeric is known for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

Discover more soup recipes here.