Nutrition Tip | Spiced Yellow Spit Pea and Coconut Soup

Spiced Yellow Spit Pea and Coconut Soup

Ingredients:

-          2 tablespoons of olive oil

-          2 brown onions, finely diced

-          3 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced

-          1 leek (white part only), thinly sliced

-          1 carrot, diced

-          2-3 tablespoons of curry powder (or 1 tablespoon of curry paste)

-          2 cups of yellow split peas

-          1.5 litres of vegetable stock

-          250ml of light coconut milk

-          1 cup of baby spinach leaves

-          The juice of a lime

-          Coriander leaves and Natural yoghurt, to serve

Method:

1.       Heat olive oil in the bottom of a large saucepan. Add onion, garlic, leek and carrot. Sautee for 5 minutes
2.       Add the curry powder/paste and stir for a further 30 seconds. Add split peas and stock.
3.       Cover and cook on low for 1.5 hours (alternatively, you can throw it all in the slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours).
4.       Once ready, stir through coconut milk
5.       Puree the soup with a blender or stick blender
6.       Stir through spinach and lime juice
7.       Top with Natural yoghurt

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