In a big pot, I fried 2 big roughly chopped onions and some garlic in fry light. Added one big roughly chopped bramley apple & 4 parsnips when the onions were soft. Added about 1/2 tablespoon of ground cumin, a sprinkling of dried chilli flakes and some chilli powder as well as loads of black pepper (I like it HOT and FIREY!) and let that fry for about 30 seconds before pouring in a pint of chicken stock. I let it simmer for about an hour, whizzed with a hand blender when cool and added a bit more water to get the consistency I like. My mum makes this and adds milk too, but I'm aiming for a good loss this coming week so no milk for me as my milk intake is reserved for tea & coffee. It's just as yummy!