Spicy Pumpkin Soup

Winter is here, and what's the best food to eat when it's cold?  Soup of course!  The good thing about soups is that you can put just about anything into them and they are so easy to make.  One of my favorite soup recipes is this Pumpkin Soup.  The combination of spices just seem to go so well with the pumpkin.

Ingredients
Olive Oil for frying
1 Onion
2-3 Hot Chillies
1 tsp crushed Garlic
1 tsp ground Cumin
1/2 tsp ground Coriander
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1 kg Pumpkin, cut into small pieces
4 Cups Vegetable Stock
Shredded Coconut

Finely chop onion and chillies.  Heat oil in a deep soup pot and fry onion, chillies and garlic until soft.  Add spices and stir for another minute.  Add pumpkin and stir to coat with spices.  Add stock and bring to the boil.  Simmer, covered for 30 minutes or until the pumpkin is soft.  Use a hand blender if you like a smooth consistency or just use a potato masher if you prefer a chunkier soup.  You can thin the soup if you like with some milk or cream.  Stir in a handful of shredded coconut and serve with some hot damper!