Green Pea Soup

Rich, healthy and filling soup made  from Green peas !

Serves - 3-4 cups
Preparation time - Under 10 minutes
Cooking time - 10-15 minutes.

INGREDIENTS:

Fresh or frozen green peas - 1 cup
Water - 3 cups
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Pepper powder - 1 teaspoon
Tomato- 1 no.
Onion - 1/2(If using Indian onion, use 1 medium no.)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
Corn flour - 1 tablespoon
Butter -1 teaspoon

METHOD:
1. Cut tomato, onion in big pieces. Prepare ginger garlic paste. Prepare all ingredients and set ready .

2. In a pan, add 3 cups of water and add green pea. Allow it to boil for 5 minutes(for frozen pea, 5 minutes is enough to get it cooked. If using fresh peas, boil it till the peas turn soft).

3. Once the peas are cooked, filter the water. Do not throw away the water. You can use it later for making soup.

4. Now in the same pan, add 1 teaspoon butter and add cooked green pea,tomato and onions .Fry for about  4 minutes.

5.Allow the contents(Green pea,onion and tomato) to cool completely. Grind them in to a smooth paste by adding 2 to 3 tbsp of water( You can use the filtered water which you have kept aside when you cooked green peas.) . Keep few green peas separately without grinding. You can add it later as whole in the soup.

6. In the mean time, add 3 tbsp water to cornflour and make a creamy paste.

7. Now , take the filtered water which you have kept aside after filtering the green peas. Pour it in a pan, and also add the ginger garlic paste and allow it to boil together for 4 minutes, till the raw smell of ginger and garlic goes.

7. Now add the green pea paste, corn flour paste to the boiling water and mix well and allow the contents to boil for about 2 to 3 minutes. Then turn off the stove.

8. Green pea soup is ready!

HOW TO SERVE:

Before serving, take some soup in a bowl, heat it well. Add some black pepper powder,salt and some butter. Garnish with coriander leaves .