Pea & Ham Soup

Pea & Ham Soup               10 Portions:

Ingredients:

2 Cups of Ham (Small Cubes 1/8” x1/8”X1/8”)

2 tea spoon of butter/ olive oil

2 lt. of pork or, chicken or, vegetable stock

3-4 bay leaves

1/4th cup of celery, fine chopped (Same size as Ham)

1/2 cup of onion, medium size, chopped (Same size as Ham)

1/4^th cup of carrots, small dice (Same size as Ham)

1 pinch of cloves, ground

Salt-pepper

1 tea spoon of brown sugar

½ tea spoon of turmeric powder

1 cup of fine chopped (Fresh) parsley leaves

250 gm. of split peas

1 cup of white wine

Method:

Before you start making the soup, you have to soak the dry peas overnight. Peas: Water (Ratio) =1:3

Strain the peas. Then, cook those 3 vegetables in a frying pan with the oil/butter, on a very low heat for about 4 min. Add up the wine and continue cooking for 3-4 more min. Add the bay leaves, peas and the stock. Keep continue cooking for the next 45 min. or so, till you see that the peas are all mashed. At this stage add the cloves & the brown sugar. Add the ham. But, do not cook at this point any more. Otherwise the ham will be very chewy/tough. Season it with salt-pepper. Taste it. Serve hot.