We are in the process of cleaning up our pantry and crisper. Whoa , what a disorganized shopper I am ! I found a bag of Peas both yellow and Pigeon peas, some Ras el hanout a potato, a carrot , a stalk of celery and what not … We normally dont spend a lot of time for dinner , we’d rather spend that time eating or relaxing . I prefer one pot meals . This soup was not well thought. I randomly threw in everything into the pot and lo a spicy, steaming hot and unexpectedly tasty soup emerged. I had to post it !
Ingredients:
2 small potatoes
A handful of presoaked yellow peas or any legumes of your choice
A stalk of celery
A serrano chili , or a chili of your choice
1/2 cup of diced tomatoes
A carrot 6-7 cups of water
1/2 teaspoon of Ras el hanout , if you dont have this spice mixture you can add some cinnamon and fennel seeds.
A garlic clove
A medium onion chopped
Method:
1. heat Olive oil in a pad and add the crushed garlic clove and the onions and saute until pink , then dump all the chopped veggies except tomatoes and 6 cups of water and let it simmer until the legumes are done. You can also precook the legumes before hand. Then add the tomatoes , salt , Ras el Hanout and cook until the tomatoes are tender.
2.Serve piping hot with some crusty bread. K decided its really hard to tear a ciabatta , for every bite, so he just tore bite sized pieces and added them to his bowl ! It was hearty and a keeper on our list !
August 6th, 2009 at 7:42 am
Sounds and looks yummy
August 6th, 2009 at 7:45 am
This is the kind I am cooking now;-) with kids at home, i cannot do 2 full meals per day in this heat. love it. I have never used that spice mix before.
August 6th, 2009 at 8:54 am
ha huh! Now u r cooking more like me Dee! I do this so often that half the time my so called ‘fab creations’ are left out unphotographed(!!!) cos I get confident that its not making its way to my blog. But few mouthfuls later, I am like whoa - what was that - and Karthik’s ‘Oh this is good - took photos yet?” doesnt help at all
I am liking the all but kitchen sink soup here
August 6th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Wow..what a nice warming soup..
August 6th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
such one-pot-all-in-one dishes emerge from my kitchen usually on Fridays as Saturday is a grocery shopping day
soup looks yummy Dee!
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August 6th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
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August 7th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
The name of the soup is funny yet apt. Never used the Ras el hanout spice before. With potatoes, celery, legume it is a well balanced meal.
August 11th, 2009 at 5:36 am
A disorganized pantry…that sounds close to home!
But that’s a delicious and beautiful recipe, Dee– more amazing because you made it with leftovers.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Looks very hearty! You know what, I am cooking something similar too nowadays. but who said it was easy to do something like this, the chopping up takes all the time!