Root-A-Rama Soup - Rocking with Root Veggies

I am proud of this creation for 3 reasons:

• Catchy name that I decided to bestow on this soup. 
• You won't find this combination of root veggie soup anywhere(Yup, I googled it and saw this combo nowhere) 
• It turned out extremely well for an experiment.
  

I used four root veggies(Root, Tuber-root, Tap-root and blah blah blah) for this soup- Celery Root, Onion Root, Ginger Root and Sweet Potato.Actually five if you consider the Garlic cloves that I used. So yummy this soup turned out that it is going down in my long-list of all-time favorites. If you let me, I will go on touting about this soup in such an audacious manner that it might upset some of the readers. So I will shut up and just type.BTW, I am sending this as an entry for this month's  No Croutons Required event hosted by Lisa@ Lisa's Kitchen.

Main Ingredients Used:

Ingredients:

•  Celery Root - 1, skinned and chunked
•  Sweet Potato - 2, skinned and chunked
•  Red Onion - 1, large, vertically slit(save a few slices for a caramelized garnish)
•  Ginger Root - 1/2 inch, skinned and diced
•  Garlic - 3 clove, minced
•  Bay Leaf - 1
•  Cracked Pepper - 1 tsp
•  Vegetable stock - 2 cups, homemade or store-bought
•  Milk - 2 cups, skimmed or whole
•  Salt for taste
•  Olive oil - 2 tbsp + 1 tsp

Procedure:

•  In a stock pot, heat the olive oil and add the minced garlic, bay leaf. After a minute, add the onions and saute until they are browned.
•  Throw in the chunked sweet potato,celery root, cracked pepper, ginger and salt. Mix well.
•  Pour the vegetable stock and stir. Cover and cook for about 10 minutes.
•  Add the milk and stir frequently until the mixture thickens for about 7-8 minutes.
•  Switch off the stove and cool.
•  Puree the mixture with an immersion blender or in a blender. Pour a portion of it into a serving bowl.
•  In a skillet, add a tsp of oil and caramelize the onions.
•  Sprinkle it on top of the soup.

Makes 6 Servings of thick soup.

Tip: Chop the celery root and sweet potato into roughly same-sized chunks for even cooking.Add more milk if you want a thinner, runny soup.And Celery root may be substituted with any other root that will go well with sweet potato.

Enjoy! I certainly did(Burrrrpp)!