Spiced Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup

Name: Spiced Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 medium yellow onion (finely chopped); 3 large cloves of garlic (minced); 1 thumb-size piece of fresh ginger (peeled then finely grated ); 1 heaped tsp cumin; ½ tsp garam masala; 1/2 tsp paprika; 600 g sweet potato (1 large sweet potato) (peeled then cut into similar sized chunks); 490 g carrots (4 large carrots) (peeled then roughly chopped); 1.2 litres of vegetable stock (about 2 pints); ¼ tsp salt (+ more for serving); ¼ tsp freshly cracked black pepper (+ more for serving); pumpkin seeds; fresh coriander/cilantro; plain yoghurt (plant-based if you are vegan)