Red Pea Soup
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Red pea soup video recipe
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Red pea soup recipe
Ingredients
You will need the following ingredients to prepare enough red pea soup for 4 people:-

1 1/2 litres of water
2 regular onions
2 scallion (spring onions may be used as a substitute)
2 carrots
2 teaspoons of dried thyme
1 hot pepper (ideally scotch bonnet)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper (ground)
1/2 lb potatoes
1/2 lb yam
1/2 cup coconut milk
Flour, water and a pinch of salt to make dough for spinners
Optional ingredients
Pork bones
Chicken back
Preparation

Place the beans (including the water they were stored / soaked in) in a large saucepan and add the water.
If you are using meat then add the meat at this stage too.
Let simmer for one hour.
Cooking


Pinch off a small amount of the dough and roll it in your hands to make a "spinner".
Add the spinner to the pot, repeat until you run out of dough.

Let simmer for one more hour.
Serving

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