PEAs Soup - Creamy and Filling
- 2 cups - Fresh or Frozen Peas
- 1 - Potato, peeled and cubed. medium sized (optional)
- 3 inch - Leeks (optional)
- 1 - Onion, big
- 6 to 7 - Garlic cloves + few to garnish
- 1 tsp - Freshly ground pepper
- 2 Tbsp - Fresh cream or ½ cup - Milk
- Salt to taste
- 4 Tbsp - Olive oil
- To make the Peas soup, begin by taking oil in a heavy bottomed sauce pan and place it over medium flame.
- When the oil is hot, add freshly ground pepper and garlic and let it crisp up.
- Now add onion and a pinch of salt and let the onions sweat.
- Once the onions have softened add leeks in case you are using them. Sauce it till they soften too.
- Add potatoes and peas and sauce it for a min, cover the pan and let it cook for a minute.
- Add a cup of water to it and let it cook till the potatoes are cooked and soft.
- Let it cool a bit and grind it till it is smooth.
- Pour it back into the pan and add salt according to your taste.
- Add milk or fresh cream and just heat it up. You don't need to boil it.
- Pour it into individual bowls, top it up with some cream, olive oil, fried garlic and pepper and enjoy it with a slice of bread.
Recipe by MADaboutkitchen at https://madaboutkitchen.in/peas-soup-creamy-and-filling/
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