Green peas soup is made from fresh green peas which are boiled slightly with onions and garlic in butter and then mashed. The soup is then cooked with spices like black pepper, sugar and lemon juice. Before removing and serving a handful of freshly chopped coriander leaves goes into it for added flavor and taste. You may learn how to make green peas soup at home by following my simple recipe.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Green peas soup is a popular and healthy dish enjoyed widely in India.
- Serve it with bread toast, garlic bread, or simple crackers.
- Green peas soup tastes mildly spicy and creamy.
- Other similar recipes are sweet corn soup, tomato soup, and vegetable clear soup.
The Ingredients:
- ¾ cup (250 gm) fresh green peas (matar)
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 onion (medium size, diced roughly)
- 7 cloves garlic (large, whole, peeled)
- 1 piece green chili (whole, without stalk)
- 1 glass water
- Salt to taste
- ¼ tbsp black pepper powder
- ½ tbsp sugar
- 1½ tbsp lemon juice
- ½ tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (fresh, finely chopped)
This recipe came to me through my phone, but not in the usual way. I use a local app for tailoring work, and while checking an order update, I ended up reading reviews. One review mentioned how the tailor’s wife cooks this dish while managing stitching work at home. That line stayed in my head for some reason. After some hesitation, I messaged her. She replied late at night, not very detailed, just saying what she normally does.
I made it one weekday evening when there were some green peas left and no patience. I didn’t expect much. The taste was simple and not spicy-heavy. My husband said it didn’t feel like “outside food,” which I took as a compliment. The boys joked about it and asked why it tasted different. We ate quietly after that. I felt slightly lucky finding it like this, without searching for it.
How to Make Green Peas Soup? (Step by Step Guide with Images)
Step 1: Heat 1 tbsp of butter in a kadai over a medium flame. As soon as the butter melts, add 1 medium-sized roughly diced onion to it. Sauté it for half a minute or so until the onions turn soft and translucent. Now, add 7 large cloves of garlic in whole and sauté for another 20 seconds or so.
Step 2: Then, add ¾ cup or 250 grams of fresh green peas (matar) and one whole green chili to it. Mix well and cook for just 10 seconds.
Step 3: Now, add a glass of water to it, cover the kadai and let it cook for about 5 minutes over a medium flame.
Step 4: Check the doneness of the matar after 5 minutes with the help of a ladle and a spoon. It should break easily if done. Cook for a couple of minutes if it is not cooked properly.
Step 5: Switch off the flame, remove the kadai from the stove and let the cooked matar cool down completely.
Step 6: When cool, transfer the cooked peas along with the water to a grinding jar and make a smooth paste of it. Check the texture and consistency. It should be smooth without any grains in it.
Step 7: Now, heat the kadai on a low flame again and pour the green peas paste in it. Wash the mixer jar and add the water as well. Mix well. Then, add salt to taste and ¼ tbsp of black pepper powder to it and mix nicely.
Step 8: Now, add ½ tbsp of sugar to it and mix well. Check the consistency of the soup. Add water if necessary. Mix and let it come to a boil.
Step 9: Add 1½ tbsp of lemon juice to the soup at this stage. Follow it up with ½ tbsp of butter and cook the soup until the butter melts completely and mixes with the soup.
Step 10: Finally, add 2 tbsp of fresh and finely chopped coriander leaves to it and give it a nice stir. Transfer it to a soup bowl.
Step 11: Your tasty and healthy homemade green peas soup is now ready to serve as is or with bread toast.
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Green Peas Soup
Ingredients
- ¾ cup 250 gm fresh green peas (matar)
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 onion medium size, diced roughly
- 7 cloves garlic large, whole, peeled
- 1 piece green chili whole, without stalk
- 1 glass water
- Salt to taste
- ¼ tbsp black pepper powder
- ½ tbsp sugar
- 1½ tbsp lemon juice
- ½ tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves fresh, finely chopped
Instructions
- Heat 1 tbsp of butter in a kadai over a medium flame. As soon as the butter melts, add 1 medium-sized roughly diced onion to it. Sauté it for half a minute or so until the onions turn soft and translucent. Now, add 7 large cloves of garlic in whole and sauté for another 20 seconds or so.
- Then, add ¾ cup or 250 grams of fresh green peas (matar) and one whole green chili to it. Mix well and cook for just 10 seconds.
- Now, add a glass of water to it, cover the kadai and let it cook for about 5 minutes over a medium flame.
- Check doneness of the matar after 5 minutes with the help of a ladle and a spoon. It should break easily if done. Cook for a couple of minutes if it is not cooked properly.
- Switch off the flame, remove the kadai from the stove and let the cooked matar cool down completely.
- When cool, transfer the cooked peas along with the water in a grinding jar and make a smooth paste of it. Check the texture and consistency. It should be smooth without any grains in it.
- Now, heat the kadai on a low flame again and pour the green peas paste in it. Wash the mixer jar and add the water as well. Mix well. Then, add salt to taste and ¼ tbsp of black pepper powder to it and mix nicely.
- Now, add ½ tbsp of sugar to it and mix well. Check the consistency of the soup. Add water if necessary. Mix and let it come to a boil.
- Add 1½ tbsp of lemon juice to the soup at this stage. Follow it up with ½ tbsp of butter and cook the soup until the butter melts completely and mixes with the soup.
- Finally, add 2 tbsp of fresh and finely chopped coriander leaves to it and give it a nice stir. Transfer it to a soup bowl.
- Your tasty and healthy homemade green peas soup is now ready to serve as is or with bread toast.
