This Jamaican vegetable soup makes a mouthwatering dish that bursts with Caribbean flavours.
Pumpkin, eddoes, cassava, chayote, and scotch bonnet peppers make this spicy stew super nutritious, with less than 500 calories per bowl.
Health
Time
45mCost
497 kcal
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Soak the dried yellow split peas in water for at least two hours or even better overnight. In a deep pan, add finely chopped onions, crushed garlic, diced carrots, diced celery, grated ginger root, and sliced scotch bonnet chillies.
Onion | 50g |
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Garlic Clove | 1 |
Carrots | 120g |
Celery | 50g |
Fresh Ginger Root | 5g |
Scotch Bonnet Chillies | 15g |
Butternut Squash | 280g |
Potatoes | 180g |
Cassava | 100g |
Eddoes | 100g |
Chayote | 100g |
Yellow Split Peas | 200g |
Coconut Milk | 180mL |
Thyme | 0.5tbsp |
Cayenne Pepper | 1tsp |
Allspice | 0.5tsp |
Buckwheat Flour | 130g |
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Rapeseed Oil | 50mL |
Water | 185mL |
Chopped Coriander | 1tbsp |
Salt | 1pinch |
Add a bit of water and sizzle the ingredients for 5 minutes until fragrant.
Onion | 50g |
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Garlic Clove | 1 |
Carrots | 120g |
Celery | 50g |
Fresh Ginger Root | 5g |
Scotch Bonnet Chillies | 15g |
Butternut Squash | 280g |
Potatoes | 180g |
Cassava | 100g |
Eddoes | 100g |
Chayote | 100g |
Yellow Split Peas | 200g |
Coconut Milk | 180mL |
Thyme | 0.5tbsp |
Cayenne Pepper | 1tsp |
Allspice | 0.5tsp |
Buckwheat Flour | 130g |
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Rapeseed Oil | 50mL |
Water | 185mL |
Chopped Coriander | 1tbsp |
Salt | 1pinch |
Next, peel and dice the butternut squash, potatoes, cassava, chayote, and eddoes. Add these veggies and the yellow split peas to the pan.
Onion | 50g |
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Garlic Clove | 1 |
Carrots | 120g |
Celery | 50g |
Fresh Ginger Root | 5g |
Scotch Bonnet Chillies | 15g |
Butternut Squash | 280g |
Potatoes | 180g |
Cassava | 100g |
Eddoes | 100g |
Chayote | 100g |
Yellow Split Peas | 200g |
Coconut Milk | 180mL |
Thyme | 0.5tbsp |
Cayenne Pepper | 1tsp |
Allspice | 0.5tsp |
Buckwheat Flour | 130g |
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Rapeseed Oil | 50mL |
Water | 185mL |
Chopped Coriander | 1tbsp |
Salt | 1pinch |
Cook for 5 minutes and then stir in the coconut milk and enough water to cover the veggies. Season with dried thyme, cayenne pepper, and allspice, and simmer for a further 15 minutes.
Onion | 50g |
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Garlic Clove | 1 |
Carrots | 120g |
Celery | 50g |
Fresh Ginger Root | 5g |
Scotch Bonnet Chillies | 15g |
Butternut Squash | 280g |
Potatoes | 180g |
Cassava | 100g |
Eddoes | 100g |
Chayote | 100g |
Yellow Split Peas | 200g |
Coconut Milk | 180mL |
Thyme | 0.5tbsp |
Cayenne Pepper | 1tsp |
Allspice | 0.5tsp |
Buckwheat Flour | 130g |
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Rapeseed Oil | 50mL |
Water | 185mL |
Chopped Coriander | 1tbsp |
Salt | 1pinch |
Meanwhile, mix the buckwheat flour, oil, water, coriander, and salt in a bowl. Knead these ingredients into a soft dough and then roll out bite-size dumplings.
Onion | 50g |
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Garlic Clove | 1 |
Carrots | 120g |
Celery | 50g |
Fresh Ginger Root | 5g |
Scotch Bonnet Chillies | 15g |
Butternut Squash | 280g |
Potatoes | 180g |
Cassava | 100g |
Eddoes | 100g |
Chayote | 100g |
Yellow Split Peas | 200g |
Coconut Milk | 180mL |
Thyme | 0.5tbsp |
Cayenne Pepper | 1tsp |
Allspice | 0.5tsp |
Buckwheat Flour | 130g |
---|---|
Rapeseed Oil | 50mL |
Water | 185mL |
Chopped Coriander | 1tbsp |
Salt | 1pinch |
Add the buckwheat balls to the soup and simmer for 20 more minutes. Serve each bowl with two dumplings and garnish with sliced scotch bonnet chillies, thyme, and fresh herbs.
Onion | 50g |
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Garlic Clove | 1 |
Carrots | 120g |
Celery | 50g |
Fresh Ginger Root | 5g |
Scotch Bonnet Chillies | 15g |
Butternut Squash | 280g |
Potatoes | 180g |
Cassava | 100g |
Eddoes | 100g |
Chayote | 100g |
Yellow Split Peas | 200g |
Coconut Milk | 180mL |
Thyme | 0.5tbsp |
Cayenne Pepper | 1tsp |
Allspice | 0.5tsp |
Buckwheat Flour | 130g |
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Rapeseed Oil | 50mL |
Water | 185mL |
Chopped Coriander | 1tbsp |
Salt | 1pinch |
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