Minted Pea Soup

by Divya Bindal

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A novel soup recipe, minted pea soup is a vegetable and lentil soup with a difference. The split pea is boiled along with mint leaves paste, spices and tomatoes to create a perfect healthy winter soup recipe.

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Minted Pea Soup recipe - How to make Minted Pea Soup

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Chunky Indian Soups

Preparation Time: 5 Cooking Time: 30 Total Time: 35 mins 5

Ingredients

1 small sized onion
2 tbsp margarine
2 pounds fresh or frozen green peas
5 cups chicken stock or low-salt broth
1 cup packed fresh mint leaves (phudina)
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup curds (dahi)
salt and pepper

Method

Finely chop the onion. in a 4-quart heavy saucepan
Cook the onion in butter with salt, to taste, over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally until softened.
Add the peas, 3 cups stock and simmer, covered, until peas are tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
Stir in mint and remaining 2 cups stock and remove pan from heat.
In a blender puree the soup in batches.