Yellow Split Pea Puree with Vegetables
Use this quick and easy vegetables recipe to add heaps of nutrients to your diet. This vegan recipe is easy, simple, healthy and delicious. This simple side dish is ideal for any social occasion.
Notes
Alternatively, the recipe can be finished in the oven.
Ingredients
- 8 ounce yellow split peas
- 1 pint water
- 2 medium onions, peeled and sliced
- 1 medium carrot, scraped and sliced
- 1 small leek, cleaned and sliced
- 1 stick celery, sliced
- 1 pinch dried mint or marjoram
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Sea salt
- Freshly gound black pepper
- 1 1/2 ounce butter or olive oil
Instructions
- Soak the split peas in the water to cover for an hour or so. Drain and rinse them and put them into a saucepan with the water, half the sliced onion and all the other vegetables and herbs.
- Let them simmer gently until the split peas are soft and the other vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes.
- Sieve or liquidize the mixture, then season it with lemon juice, sea salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Spoon the mixture into a shallow heat-proof dish.
- Fry the remaining onion in the butter until it's beginning to soften, then pour the onion and the butter over the top of the puree.
- Put the puree under a fairly hot grill until the top is slightly crusted looking and the onion very crisp and brown.