Pea soup is soup made, typically, from dried peas. It is, with variations, a part of the cuisine of many cultures. It is greyish-green or yellow in color depending on the regional variety of peas used; all are cultivars of Pisum sativum.
Pea soup has been eaten since antiquity; it is mentioned in Aristophanes' The Birds, and according to one source "the Greeks and Romans were cultivating this legume about 500 to 400 BC. During that era, vendors in the streets of Athens were selling hot pea soup.
Ingredients:
- 500 gm shelled peas or you can use frozen ones
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 2.5 cup vegetable or chicken stock
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp fresh creamsalt
- and pepper to taste
Method:
- Heat some ghee in a pan then add the onion and saute till pink.
- Then add the peas and saute or a further 5 minutes.
- Add seasoning and vegetable stock. Boil and simmer till the peas are cooked.
- Puree in a grinderor if your kid is a little older you can just mash it with a laddle and serve.
- Serve hot topped with fresh cream.
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