CORN & SPLIT PEA CHOWDER

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Cook this healthy vegan soup and pack in four of your 5-a-day along with bags of flavour from ginger, chillies, garlic, thyme and coconut yogurt

Provided by Sara Buenfeld

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

200g dried yellow split peas
3 celery sticks (about 160g), sliced
1 thyme sprig, plus 1 tbsp thyme leaves
2 onions (350g), halved and sliced
1 tbsp rapeseed oil
50g ginger , finely grated
2 red chillies , deseeded and sliced
3 garlic cloves , chopped
1 large green pepper , chopped into small pieces
1 potato (about 215g), unpeeled, cut into 1-2cm pieces
2 tbsp vegetable bouillon powder
320g frozen sweetcorn
150g coconut yogurt

Steps:

Tip the split peas, celery and thyme sprig into a medium pan with 1 litre of boiling water, bring back to the boil and simmer, covered, for 25 mins.
Meanwhile, fry the onion in the oil in a large pan for 10 mins. Stir in the ginger, chilli and garlic. Tip in the pepper and potato, and pour in ½ litre boiling water with the bouillon and remaining thyme. Tip in the split pea mixture and corn, bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 30-35 mins until the veg is tender.
Remove the thyme sprig. Take out a third of the veg, then purée the rest in the pan with a hand blender (or use a potato masher). Return the veg to the pan with the yogurt, and stir well. If you're following our Healthy Diet Plan, eat two portions now, and cool then chill the rest for another day. Will keep in the fridge for three days.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 395 calories, Fat 9 grams fat, SaturatedFat 4 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 53 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 11 grams sugar, Fiber 18 grams fiber, Protein 17 grams protein, Sodium 0.4 milligram of sodium