SPINACH PEAS SOUP / PALAK PEAS SOUP
Palak And peas soup recipe - easy cream of spinach and peas soup recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Spinach /palak leaves
- 1 cup Fresh / Frozen green Peas
- 1 medium size onion
- 1 /4 inch Ginger, piece
- 2-3 flakes Garlic
- 1-2 nos Green Chilli
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1/2 -1 tsp cornflour, ( optional)
- 1/2 -1 tsp Black Pepper powder, ( based on your taste )
- Salt, to taste
- 1 tsp Butter / Olive oil / Any oil
Instructions
- Rinse spinach well and roughly chop .
- In a pan , add butter. Once its hot , add roughly chopped onion, ginger, garlic and green chilli. Sauté it for 2-3 minutes on medium to high flame.
- Then add green peas and chopped spinach .Saute for 1-2 mins .
- Add 1 cup water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2-3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Once the mixture is cooled, blend it in a mixer to a super smooth purée. If you want you can strain the puree or use as such . I usually blend it very smooth and omit straining part .
- Transfer the puree to the same pan , add some water and keep to boil on medium flame. Add milk and mix well .If you want to make it more thicker , you can dissolve about 1tsp cornflour in milk and then add .I usually don't add cornflour .
- Add salt and pepper powder .Mix .If required add some water to adjust the consistency .Allow to boil for 4-5 minutes .
- Garnish with cream and serve hot Spinach Peas soup with some croutons / garlic bread . Enjoy !!
Notes
- Addition of peas is purely optinal . If you dont want can skip .
- For roasting onion , instead of butter you can use olive oil / any oil .
- Adding cornflour is optional . Depending on your preferred thickness you can take a call.
- To make it vegan , you can skip milk and add broth / almond milk .
- Garnishing with cream you can skip .