Bajan Soup with Dumplings

In the Caribbean, soup isn’t reserved for rainy days. It can be served anytime, even on the most scorching of days. Women with makeshift restaurants cook up huge pots of this and sell it on the streets or in mobile restaurants, and even children get excited about this midweek soup. This recipe uses white sweet potatoes and pigeon peas as the base. Served with hearty spiced dumplings, this will please most soup lovers—and big appetites. Barbadians always say, “A soup without dumplings is not