Name: Spiced winter broth with beans and peas
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 onion; 2 cloves of garlic; 2 carrots; 1 large sweet potato; 1 small chilli, deseeded; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 Tbsp tomato purée; 200g soup mix (pre-soaked); 1.5 litre vegetable stock (chilli & tomato); 100g frozen green beans; 100g frozen green peas; Juice of 1 lime; Coriander leaves, to serve

Spiced winter broth with beans and peas

11 Jan 2022

by Wholeness

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

65 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 15 minutes

Background

You can buy in most supermarkets packets of “soup mix” which contain pulses, rice, pearl barley and so on, which is really handy to make easy, hearty & healthy winter stews or soups, like this Spiced winter broth. I made it with Knorr smoked chilli & tomato stock pot, but similar stock cubes would work too. Serve it with crusty bread.

Ingredients

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 carrots
1 large sweet potato
1 small chilli, deseeded
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp dried oregano
1 Tbsp tomato purée
200g soup mix (pre-soaked)
1.5 litre vegetable stock (chilli & tomato)
100g frozen green beans
100g frozen green peas
Juice of 1 lime
Coriander leaves, to serve

Instructions

Pre-soak the soup mix overnight.
Finely slice the onion and roughly chop the garlic.
Peel the carrot, sweet potato then chop them into bite-sized chunks.
Heat the olive oil in a big pot or pressure cooker.
Gently sauté the onion for about 5 minutes, until tender. Add the chopped vegetables, garlic & spices, then cook for a minute. Stir in the tomato purée.
Add the drained mixed pulses, then pour in the stock (or boiling water and 2 stock pots).
Bring to the boil and put the lid on.Turn the heat down and simmer gently for about 60 minutes, until the sauce has reduces and the barley/rice has cooked through. (Alternatively, use a pressure cooker. Secure the lid onto the pan, then pressure-cook for 15 minutes, and rest until the lid can be released.)
Add the beans and peas (and more water/stock, if it’s too thick). Cook for 5 more minutes, then add the lime juice and coriander leaves.
Serve warm.