Thursday 18 February 2010

MINTED GREEN PEAS SOUP WITH CORN PEARLS

A healthy and delicious mint, green peas and corn soup.
Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 10-15 minutes
Servings : 4

INGREDIENTS

Fresh mint leaves 10-12
Green peas, shelled 1 cup
Sweet corn niblets 1/4 cup
Vegetable stock 3 cups
Butter 1 tablespoon
Garlic, finely chopped 2-3 cloves
Onion , finely chopped 1 small
Salt to taste
White pepper powder 1/4 teaspoon
Milk 1 cup

METHOD

Put green peas in a mixer jar.
Add fresh mint leaves and a little vegetable stock and blend till smooth.
Heat butter in a pan, add garlic and onion and sauté for two minutes.
Add the green pea puree, salt and white pepper powder and stir.
Bring it to a boil.
Heat another pan, add sweet corn niblets, half a cup of water and salt and boil.
Cool the pea mixture a little and blend again.
Transfer into a pan and add the remaining stock.
Heat.
Add milk and stir and bring to a boil.
Divide the boiled sweet corn into individual soup bowls and then pour over the pea soup.
Serve piping hot.

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