As kids Sunday night was often soup night. During the cold Tasmanian winter nights we would sit by the wood fire and toast slices of bread, with long handled toasting forks, to enjoy with our Mum’s home made soup. This Curry Pea Soup is one of my favorites and is the perfect recipe to keep in the back of your mind for those days when the cupboard is bare. I always keep a large packet of frozen peas in the freezer for this recipe.
Mum’s Curry Pea Soup
700g frozen peas
2 tablespoons organic sunflower oil margarine (Non Hydrogenated-Trans Fat free)
2 tablespoons organic unbleached white flour
1 1/2 tablespoons curry powder
1 1/2 liters boiling water
Poor the frozen peas into a soup pot and cover with the boiling water. Bring to the boil and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
Strain the peas into a large bowl and retain the pea water.
Add the sunflower oil margarine to the soup pot and melt over a low heat. Once the sunflower oil margarine is liquid add the flour and curry powder to make a roux.
Add 2 tablespoons of the pea water, you set aside, to the roux and mix into a paste. Add more pea water a little at a time stiring so there are no lumps.
Add the rest of the pea water to the pot along with the peas.
Return to the heat for 5 minutes and then blitz to smooth with a hand blender.
Serve with toast and eat in front of an open fire if you have one.
yum! great recipe. I was wondering what your thoughts are on margarine vs butter. Polyunsaturated sunflower oil margarine is on the face of it better than saturated fat such as butter. But I think there’s still debate about the hydrogenation process and associated conversion to trans fats.
I love my butter – moderation is the key?!
Hi Kris, You a dead right no-one wants to be eating hydrogenation fats. The organic sunflower margarine I buy is Non Hydrogenated, Trans Fat free and Vegan. I usually buy Biona brand which contains: Sunflower oil*, palm fat*, coconut oil*, water, carrot juice*, emulsifier: soya lecithin, lemon juice* (*= Certified organic ingredients). The Organic Palm fat in our margarines comes from a certified sustainable project in Comumbia.
So basically, I always read the labels on everything I buy. I am trying very hard to only eat whole foods and avoid artificial anything, colorings, flavorings, sweeteners, etc.
Thank you so much for your comment it made me realize I need to be much more specific with the ingredients I list.