Uncle Bill's Indian Split Pea Soup
I developed this recipe after spending 2 months holidaying in Fiji. Their Indian soups were just tremendous but I could not get them to tell me the ingredients.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 10cups water
- 1large ham bone
- 3large bay leaves
- 10
- 1⁄2
- 2
- 2
- 1⁄2cup split peas
- 1⁄2cup yellow split peas
- 1⁄4cup red lentil
- 4tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1
- 4
- 8cups water
- 2teaspoons Madras curry powder
- 1teaspoon turmeric
- 1teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄2teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
- 1teaspoon salt
- 2
- cheesecloth
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DIRECTIONS
- In a large cooking pot, add 10 cups of water and bring to boil.
- Add ham bone, bay leaves, peppercorns, whole cloves, cinnamon stick, celery including leaves, green and yellow split peas and red lentils.
- Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 3 hours.
- Remove from heat and let completely cool until fat gels on the top.
- Carefully skim all fat and discard.
- Remove ham bone and large ham pieces that fall off the bone and set aside.
- Leave small pieces of ham in cooking pot.
- Remove sack of cloves and cinnamon stick and discard.
- In a frying pan, heat olive oil.
- Add onion and garlic and saute' until onions are translucent.
- Transfer cooked onions to cooking pot.
- Add 8 cups of water, curry powder, turmeric, ground cumin, red hot pepper flakes, salt, carrots, and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1/2 hour.
- Puree' soup in batches in a food processor or blender and return to cooking pot.
- Chop ham pieces into bite size pieces and add to cooking pot.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Bring soup back to boil.
- If you prefer a spicier soup, add more red hot pepper flakes or some cayenne pepper.
- Serve soup hot.
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