Black Eyed Peas Soup Recipe

Black Eyed Peas Soup Recipe (Serves 6)

A delicious, nutritious and quite filling Aegean cuisine classic, black eyed peas soup is one of the indispensable dishes on tables, especially in the winter months. Here is our step-by-step recipe:

✅ Ingredients:

• 2 cups of dried black-eyed peas
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 carrot
• 1 tomato (or 1 tablespoon tomato paste)
• 5 cups of water (you can add extra if necessary)
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 teaspoon of red pepper powder
• 1 teaspoon of cumin
• 1 teaspoon of black pepper
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• Juice of 1/2 lemon (optional)

🥣 Preparation Stage:

1. Preparing the Black-Eyed Peas: Soak the black-eyed peas in water overnight. The next day, drain the water and boil it in clean water for 10 minutes and drain.

2. Sautéing the Vegetables: Put olive oil in the pot. Add diced onion and grated carrot and fry for 3-4 minutes. Then add crushed garlic.

3. Add Tomatoes or Tomato Paste: Add peeled and chopped tomatoes (or tomato paste). Cook until tomatoes are completely soft.

4. Add Black-Eyed Peas: Add boiled black-eyed peas to the pot. Pour hot water over it.

5. Spices and Cooking: Add salt, cumin, black pepper and red pepper powder. Mix. Close the pot lid and cook on medium heat for 20-25 minutes.

6. Finishing Touch: After your soup is cooked, add lemon juice and mix if desired.

🍽️ Serving Suggestion:

• You can pour red pepper lightly roasted in olive oil over it.

• You can serve it with toast or lemon slices.

• Suitable for vegan/vegetarian tables.

💡 Tips:

• Cumin reduces the gas-producing effect of black-eyed peas and increases its flavor.
• If you like your soup smooth as if it were blended, you can blend some of it after cooking and mix it again.
• If you want to enrich it, you can add some boiled rice or fine bulgur.