Hello carrot lovers! In a couple of days is International Carrot Day. Happy carrot day (in advance)! This time and for this occasion I made a simple carrot green peas soup. It’s so delicious! It is rich in flavour and in colours as well. In other words, it is a soul-warming bowl that will make you happy.
I mean, look at it. Look at this soup! Simply fabulous! It is asking you to eat it: ”Eat me. Eat meee!” He he he. I just love it when a tasteful dish also looks good. And we all know we “eat with our eyes” first. True, isn’t it?
As mentioned before, the International Carrot Day is coming up. Mmmm, carrots! Rabbits know what is good and tasty. He he he. That loud crunch that you hear when you bite in a carrot is just fantastic! You know straight away that you are eating something fresh.
Carrots are quite versatile. You can prepare them in many ways. You can eat them raw and if you have the chance to go in the garden and pull them out of the soil, do it. That’s something that not everyone can do. In one word, luxury.
Moreover, you can roast and sauteé them or you can cook them in a soup. You can mix them with mashed potatoes, you can add them to a pie, cake or to a quiche. I am also very proud of a carrot tart, which I made not too long ago. It had three different carrots; orange, purple and yellow ones. Check it out, because it’s fabulous!
Furthermore, the carrot green peas soup is easy to make. However, it contains quite a lot of ingredients. Among all, I used cilantro seeds, which give a lovely citrus note and then I added also curry powder to round up the colour and to give a slight warmth to the dish.
Of course, there are green peas as well. I suggest using frozen green peas because they need only a couple of minutes to be cooked and most importantly, they keep the lovely green colour. Have you ever bought the green peas in a can or in a glass? Ohh, they look so grey and sad.
The next step is only optional. I also used a sausage. A Vienna sausage (Würstchen) to be exact. However, you can decide either to use any sausage you like or not use it at all. Let’s take the pot and start cooking. Shall we?
Ingredients for 2-4 portions of carrot green peas soup:
- olive oil (coconut oil, avocado oil or some other)
- 2-3 tsp cilantro seeds
- 1 yellow onion
- 5-6 carrots (peeled and cut into rounds)
- 3 tsp of curry powder
- 800-1000 ml vegetable broth
- 2 sausages (cut in rounds)
- 100 ml cream
- 2 handfuls of green peas
- parsley
Start with peeling and chopping the onion. Then peel and cut the carrots into 1 cm thick rounds. Prepare also the hot vegetable broth.
In a deep pot drizzle some olive oil or use any other oil of your choice. Once it gets hot, add the cilantro seeds and onion. Stir fry for a minute or until the onion starts becoming glossy and transparent.
Then add the carrot rounds and stir for a couple of minutes. Sprinkle with curry powder, give it a quick stir and cover with vegetable stock. Some of the liquid will evaporate. Therefore, you might add some more during cooking time. It also depends on how thick you want your soup.
Bring the soup to simmer, cover the pot and cook for 15 minutes or until the carrots get tender. Meanwhile, cut the sausage into circles and brown them quickly in a pan. Remember, this applies only if you decide to use the sausage. Furthermore, only when the carrots are tender, take about 1/3 of them out of the pot and keep them aside. Then, remove the pot from the stove and purée (I always use an immersion blender) the carrots in the pot.
I like it when the soup gets a little thicker. However, you can add more of the stock if you like and play whit the consistency. Then, put the pot back on the stove, stir in the cream, put back the carrots (that you’ve put aside earlier before), add the sausage and frozen peas. Simmer for another 3 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle the fresh parsley over it.
Carrot green peas soup will brighten up your day anytime during the rainy spring season. The creaminess is amazing. Every spoon of this soup will make you do the “mmmm” sound.
Enjoy!
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