Delicious Vegan Caribbean Soups Recipes

Soup is such an easy meal to prepare and if you live in a country with winter months then this is perfect to add to your recipe collection. Try these as a meal and can me served with some nice wholemeal bread rolls.
Red Peas Soup
Ingredients
1 pint or 570 ml red peas/kidney beans
1 onion
2 stalks scallions
1 sprig thyme
1 bell pepper
Optional Ingredients
1 lb or 450 g yellow yam
8 oz or 225 g sweet potato
1 lb or 450 g coco (coco is a root vegetable but you can use potato instead)
For the dumplings
5 oz or 150 g or flour
½ tsp salt
Enough water to bind
Preparation

• Boil red peas (kidney beans) in about 8 pints or 4½ litres of water.
• When peas are almost cooked add seasoning and ground provision.
• Remove bell pepper after about 10 minutes.
• Add salt to taste, if necessary.

For the dumplings

• Place flour and salt in a medium bowl.
• Work mixture with hands while adding enough water to bind, making a stiff dough.
• Roll into 1 inch long slim pieces, drop into boiling stew peas.
• Boil until they float or add them during last 20 minutes of the cooking process.

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Broad Bean Soup
Ingredients
1 pint or 570 ml broad beans
1 lb or 450g yam
8 oz or 225 g pumpkin
1 turnip
1 sprig thyme
1 stalk scallion
1 peg breadfruit
1 chocho
Black pepper and salt to taste
Preparation

• Wash and dice vegetables.
• Put beans to boil in 4 pints or 2¼ litres of water for 30 minutes, then add vegetables.
• When beans are tender peel add yam and breadfruit.
• Add seasoning and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.

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Gungo Peas (Pigeon Peas) Soup
Ingredients
½ pint or 10 floz pint green/dry gungo peas (pigeon peas)
½ pint or 10 floz corn kernels
1½ pints or 900 ml water
1 onion
1 stalk scallion (spring onions)
1 pint or 570 ml coconut milk
For the dumplings
5 oz or 150 g flour
½ tsp salt
Enough water to bind
Preparation

• Put peas in water and allow to boil.
• When pot is boiling strongly put in corn kernels and cook until peas are tender.
• Make and add dumplings (see below), then coconut milk and allow to simmer for a further 15 minutes.

For the dumplings

• Place flour and salt in a medium bowl.
• Work mixture with hands while adding enough water to bind, making a stiff dough.
• Roll into 1 inch long slim pieces.

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