Cream Of Curried Vegetable And Split Pea Soup

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Vegetables	Indian	Cream soups, Indian, Tried, Vegetarian	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	T	Butter
1	T	Curry Powder, * more if
		desired
1/2	c	Finely Chopped Onion
1/2	c	Finely Chopped Carrots
1/2	c	Finely Chopped Celery
1	c	Water
3/4	c	Finely Pureed Fresh
		Tomatoes or
1/2	c	Canned Tomato Puree
3	c	Cooked Split Peas
1/4	t	Black Pepper
1/2	c	Light Cream, or milk 1/2 to
		3/4
		Chopped Coriander, for
		garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat the butter in a 3 to 4 quart deep pot over medium-high heat.  When
it is very hot, add the curry powder and immdeiately add the  onion,
carrots, and celery. Saute the vegetables, stirring often to  ensure
that they brown evenly, for 5 minutes. Add 1 cup water, the  tomatoes,
split peas, pepper, and salt. Cover and cook over low heat  until the
vegetables are tender (10 minutes). Add enough light cream  or milk to
mellow and velvetize the soup as well as thin it. Heat the  soup
thorougly and serve garnished with chopped fresh coriander  NOTES :
Cook the split peas so that they are tender but not mushy.  At my
house, we use 2 Tbsp. curry powder. This is different and very  very
tasty ! Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 549 by  RecipeLu
<recipelu@geocities.com> on Jan 18, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 150 Calories From Fat: 72 Total Fat: 8.3g Cholesterol: 20.4mg Sodium: 226.7mg Potassium: 377.1mg Carbohydrates: 16g Fiber: 5g Sugar: 6.8g Protein: 4.8g