Green Pea Soup
This is a healthy and delicious vibrant green color soup. Green pea soup can be served with slice of bread or with rice.
Ingredients
- 2 Cup frozen thawed green peas
- 1 tbsp ginger paste easy to make shred ginger using zester or fine shredder
- 1-1/2 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp salt
- 3 tbsp heavy cream
- 2 Cup water
Instructions
- Blend the green peas into coarse paste using little water or no water.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan and add the peas, salt and ginger paste stir fry the peas over medium heat by pressing and scrapping from the sides for about 5 minutes. Set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a saucepan over medium high heat, Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if seed cracks right away oil is ready.
- Add the cumin seeds as they crack add fenugreek seeds and turmeric stir for a second and add water let it come to boil.
- Add cooked green peas, and cream, mix it well. As it comes to boil lower the heat to low medium, cover the sauce pan and let it cook for about 20 minutes. Turn off the heat.
- Add lemon juice, black pepper, garam masala mix and cover for few minutes.
- Garnish with cream. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
For seasoning:
- 1/2 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds (methi dana)
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon garam masala, available in Indian grocery stores
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
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I couldn’t refrain from commenting. Well written!
its amazing manjula jee .i like your recipe so much
I regularly visit your site, I like your explanation in the post as well as in video. I have prepared green peas soup with variation according to taste here is the post visit it
http://www.recipefavourite.com/creamy-greenpeas-soup/
Hi Manju,
Really nice pics to explore ur tasty grean pea soups. Is there can we use alternate for grean pea with this same method…???
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