Coconut, Pea & Mint Soup

Something hearty

This pea soup is like a nourishing, warm hug. It makes you feel full, but it also easily allows you to go and get yourself a second bowl (the best kind of dishes – those that allow a shameless top-up!). Great about this dish is also that it is super quickly prepared and the ingredients are easy to store; frozen peas and a can of coconut milk? Done, dinner is on me tonight!

Servings: 2-3

Total time: 30 min

For the soup

Ingredients

1 onion

2 cloves of garlic

1 tbsp coconut oil

400 ml full fat coconut milk

½ cup boiling water

450g frozen peas

⅓ cup fresh mint, roughly chopped

1 tbsp fresh thyme 

pinch of nutmeg

thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger

pepper and salt to taste 

Instructions

1. Chop the onion, garlic and ginger into small pieces (hooray to those lazy cutters among us because these ingredients don’t have to be super small because we’re going to blend it all anyway).

2. In a medium pot, heat the coconut oil on medium-high and fry the onion, garlic and ginger for 2 minutes. Add the mint and thyme and allow all to simmer for another 2 minutes.

3. Add the frozen peas and once they have heated, scoop 3 tablespoon worth of peas into a separate bowl (this will make a wonderful topping, trust me). Also take 1 tablespoon of coconut milk aside and add the rest to the pot along with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cover the pot with a lid and allow all of this green & coconutty extravaganza to simmer for 5 minutes with occasional stirring.

4. Add the boiling water and take the pot from the heat in order to blend all ingredients with a stick blender. You can decide whether you want this soup to be very creamy and smooth or if a few chunks are allowed, I, for example, prefer the latter so that some peas stay chunky and crunchy – yum! 

5. Return the soup to the stove for another minute and taste if you want to add more salt or pepper or both! And hey – if you feel like throwing in some chili flakes or ground ginger, go for it, I’m your biggest supporter!

6. We’re almost there, the puzzle is nearly complete: scoop this precious soup into a bowl and add some of the peas you set aside earlier. Now this dish is coming together, folks! To give it a round finish, add a dash of coconut milk, sprinkle some chopped mint, fresh thyme and freshly ground pepper and then pretty please: enjoy your meal full-heartedly.