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Warming Pea Mint Basil Soup in two white bowls on a green background with split pea pods, mint and basil leaves by the side and a white napkin and a bowl of basil oil seen alongside
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Green Pea Mint Basil Soup - Perfect Winter Soup

Green Pea Mint Basil Soup, a delicious nourishing winter soup. With only a few ingredients and very little prep, this soup is comfort food on dull days. Tastes nice even a day or two later. Garnish with homemade Basil Oil for an extra special flavour
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: soups stews
Servings: 2 cups
Author: Sujata Shukla

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Vegetable stock or broth (should be boiling hot when added to the soup)
  • 2 cups Green peas fresh or frozen
  • ¼ cup Frozen Peas (to add colour to the soup if fresh Peas are used above
  • 3 tablespoons Shallots (minced)
  • ½ cup mint leaves fresh (minced); reserve 1 teaspoon for garnish
  • ½ cup basil leaves fresh (minced); reserve 1 teaspoon for garnish
  • 2 cloves garlic Slightly crushed and kept whole
  • ½ tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt or, to taste
  • ½ teaspoon pepper freshly ground
  • ½ tablespoons Basil Oil or Chilli Oil for garnish - Optional

Instructions

  • Prepare stock. (Time for preparing stock is not included in the above Cook time and prep time). Set aside till required Mince shallots, basil, mint leaves. Reserve 1 teaspoon each for garnish. Peel the garlic and crush lightly, keeping it whole.
  • Heat olive oil in a tall pan. Keep the heat on low. Add the garlic, sauté till its colour begins to darken (about 2 mins) Add the minced shallots, sauté till tender and translucent (about 3 mins)
  • While the shallots are getting done, heat the required volume of stock and bring it to a boil. Add fresh peas, stir and add the boiling hot stock Bring the peas and stock again to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
  • Add mint and basil Stir and add a little salt and pepper. Stir, taste and add more if required. This is not a spicy soup, so ½ teaspoon of pepper should be more than enough for flavour. Remove from the heat and allow to cool before blending
  • Blend the soup and then add frozen peas and blend again to a silky smooth puree or if you prefer, keep it a little coarse ( I prefer the texture of the soup coarse) The frozen peas is added to give a better green colour to the soup as boiling would have reduced the colour of the fresh peas. If you have used frozen peas for the soup, then more peas are not required during blending.
  • Check the seasoning and serve the soup hot with a garnish of mint, basil and a drizzle of basil oil, garlic oil or olive oil. Link to the recipe for homemade Basil oil, on this blog, is given in the post write up above.