PEAS & MINT SOUP

Peas and mint soup is not only refreshing for this summer but also healthy. The minty flavour gives a wonderful taste to this soup and it tastes great even if you have it cold.

Ingredients

Peas -1 cup

Potato (chopped) -1

Mint leaves – about twenty leaves

Fresh cream- 3 tbsp OR Milk – ½ cup

Olive oil- 1 tsp

Salt & pepper

Method

Heat a pan and add a tsp of olive oil and sauté the peas, potato and mint leaves for about 2-3 minutes. Add 2 cups of water to this and cook till the peas and potato gets soft. Drain the water, cool and grind this (the drained water can be used to grind this to a paste). Heat the pan, add this paste, salt and required water to get a soup consistency. Once it starts boiling, add the fresh cream/ milk and give it a stir. Add pepper and serve hot or cold.