Matar Ka Shorba

Name: Matar Ka Shorba (Green pea soup)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoons table salt; 8 fresh mint leaves; 3 tablespoons ghee or vegetable oil; ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; 3 cups (600 ml) vegetable stock; 1 medium onion, minced; 2 bay leaves; 2-inch (5-cm) piece fresh ginger, roughly chopped; 3¼ cups (500 grams) shelled fresh or frozen green peas; 10 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 2 green chiles, stemmed and roughly chopped

Green pea soup

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

This simple yet luscious dish is the creation of my brother, Rajeev. When he made it for me, I fell in love with it at first sip.

Ingredients

3¼ cups (500 grams) shelled fresh or frozen green peas
2-inch (

Asia
India
Soup
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Place a medium nonstick saucepan over high heat, add 2 cups (400 ml) water, and bring to a boil. Add the peas and cook for 7 minutes or until tender. Let cool, then transfer the pea