I recommend preparing all ingredients before starting.
Saute main veggies
In a large cast iron skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of oil; add the chopped butternut squash, stir to coat with oil and leave to cook a few minutes. Butternut squash takes longer to cook, so start it first.
After several minutes, add the chopped sweet potato, carrot to the butternut squash, stir to coat with oil and begin to brown.
Add the butter, honey, black pepper, salt, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice, stirring to mix over medium heat. Cook and stir occasionally about 10 minutes until the vegetable begin to brown, soften and caramelize.
Remove the caramelized vegetables and set aside.
Saute the onions and rest of the spices
To the same skillet, add another tablespoon of oil, then add the chopped oinios and sautee until the onions become soft and begin to brown.
Add the garlic and ginger, and stir and cook for a minute or two.
Add the powdered spices; curry, coriander, cinnamon, pumpkin pie & turmeric. Stir and mix well, for a minute for spices to release their fragrances.
Pressure Cook
Add the vegetables and onion mixtures into a large pressure cooker.
Add the chicken broth, apple juice, lemon juice, brown sugar and salt. Mix well, cover and cook over medium high heat for 3-4 whistles.
Remove from heat and allow pressure to release naturally.
Blend and finish
Blend the soup in batches until smooth. If you would like, leave a bit of the soup unblended for some chunky pieces.
Add cream to soup, stir and heat to blend. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Variants
Try mixing in 1/4 cup natural peanut butter, and garnish with toasted peanuts.
Use maple syrup instead of honey, or a mixture.
Snowed-in and no heavy cream? Used powdered heavy cream and add about 1/4 cup of the powder when you blend up the vegetable. You may need to add a little bit of water or broth for desired consistency.
No pressure cooker? No worries. Just cooked covered until all the vegetable are soft and well cooked.Feel free to play around with the spices to your preferred taste. I'm pretty haphazard with measuring these.