Curried Cashew And Green Pea Soup Food

CURRIED SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Place the butter into a large (4 to 6-quart) saucepan over medium-low heat. Once melted, add the onion and a generous pinch of salt and sweat for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the garlic and continue to sweat for an additional 1 to 2 minutes, making certain not to allow onions or garlic to brown.
• Add the peas, chicken broth and curry powder. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook at a simmer until the peas are tender and not holding their shape any longer, approximately 45 to 50 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed. Using care and a stick blender, puree the soup until the desired consistency. Watch out for hot splatters.

CAULIFLOWER, CASHEW, PEA AND COCONUT CURRY

Steps:

• Place the ginger, garlic and green chile in a mortar and pestle with a pinch of salt. Mash until a paste forms and set aside. Alternately, finely chop the ginger, garlic and green chile together, sprinkle with a pinch of salt, then mash into a coarse paste using the flat portion of your chef's knife.
• In a large skillet with a lid, heat 3 tablespoons oil over medium. Cook the onions until golden, about 10 minutes. Add the ginger paste and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato paste, coriander, cumin, chile powder and 1 1/4 teaspoons salt. Stir in the cauliflower and coconut milk and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook until the cauliflower is tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a small skillet over medium. Fry the cashews, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate to cool.
• Add the peas and garam masala to the cauliflower mixture and cook, stirring, 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt.
• Top the curry with the cashews, cilantro and a squeeze of lemon just before serving. Serve with a big steaming bowl of basmati rice.

CREAM OF CASHEW PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-low. Add onions, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring often and adding a splash or so of water if the bottom of pan gets too brown, until golden brown, 30-40 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add cashews, sugar, red pepper flakes, and 3 cups water and bring mixture to a simmer. Cook until vegetables are very soft and losing their structure, 10-15 minutes.
• Blend one-third of sugar snap peas with one-third of vegetable mixture in a blender, adding some cooking liquid from vegetable mixture as needed to thin, until very smooth, about 2 minutes. Press purée through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium saucepan; discard solids. Working in 2 batches, repeat with remaining peas and vegetable mixture, adding water as needed if you run out of cooking liquid. If soup is still very thick, thin with water until you get a velvety, pourable consistency. (You should have about 7 cups soup.)
• Stir vinegar into soup; season with more salt and pepper and warm over medium-low until heated through.
• Serve soup topped with scallions and potato chips.
• Do Ahead
• Soup can be made 2 days ahead. Let cool; cover and chill. Reheat over medium-low, thinning with water as needed until pourable.

CREAM OF GREEN PEA AND CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a soup pot. Add the onion and sauté over medium-low heat until translucent. Add the garlic and continue to sauté until both are golden.
• Add the potatoes and just enough water to cover all but about 1/2 inch of the vegetables. Bring to a rapid simmer, then lower the heat. Cover and simmer gently until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Stir in the peas, parsley, and dill, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes longer.
• Transfer the solid ingredients to a food processor. Process in batches until smoothly pureed or leave a little texture, as you prefer. Transfer back to the soup pot. Or insert an immersion blender into the soup pot and process until the vegetables are pureed to your liking.
• Stir in enough rice milk to give the soup a slightly thick consistency. Season with lime juice, salt, and pepper. Remove from the heat and let the soup cool to room temperature.
• Just before serving, stir in the steamed peas and grated cucumber. Serve at room temperature or refrigerate for an hour or two and serve chilled.
• For a richer soup, whisk in 1/4 cup raw or toasted cashew butter just after removing the soup from the heat.
• Per serving:
• Calories: 166
• Total fat: 4g
• Protein: 5g
• Fiber: 4g
• Carbohydrate: 29g
• Cholesterol: 0mg
• Sodium: 83mg

CURRIED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add 1 onion and sauté until tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add curry and stir 30 seconds.
• Add 4 cups broth and peas and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat; simmer until peas are very tender, about 15 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Puree in blender in batches.
• Thin with more broth if desired.
• Mix yogurt, cilantro and red onion in small bowl.
• Cover; chill up to 2 hours.
• Rewarm soup, stirring often.
• Serve with dollop of yogurt mixture.

CASHEW AND GREEN PEAS CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and allow to crackle.
• Add curry leaves and saute for a few brief seconds.
• Add all the remaining ingredients.
• Cook for 15 minutes.
• Serve hot with plain white Basmati rice or ghee rice (recipe posted separately) and papaddams.