Cream-soup with Yellow Peas and Potatoes and Garlic Croûtons

Hi everyone! :) Today the weather was quite gloomy and wet, so I decided to prepare something soothing, but, of course, delicious. I chose to cook some palatable and comforting cream-soup with yellow peas and potatoes. As always, it turned out very delicious and I decided to share it with you.
Here are the ingredients for the recipe:

• yellow peas 2 cups (I have already cooked the dry yellow peas in plain water for about half an hour or until the peas are tender)
• 4 medium-size potatoes (chopped in medium cubes)
• 2 cloves of garlic + 2 cloves of garlic for the croûtons
• 2 (500 ml) cups of concentrated chicken broth + 4 cups (1000 ml) of water
• 1 full tablespoon of chopped coriander
• 1 teaspoon of dried basil (I couldn't find fresh, you could freely use some fresh basil)
• 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
• 1/3 teaspoon of chili (you can use more and make the soup spicy, but I have a toddler so avoided putting too much) 
• 1 full teaspoon of paprika
• 1 teaspoon of ginger powder
• salt (to your taste)
• 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil (use olive oil if like) + 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil  for croûtons
• wholewheat bread (or any kind of bread you like, I am using black rye bread)

Let's start cooking step by step :)

•  Drizzle your cooking pot with 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil and put it on the stove (cooker). Add the cubed potatoes and the chopped garlic and roast them for about 3-4 minutes. Then add the yellow peas, all the spices, salt, chopped coriander and the dried basil. Give it a good stir and cook for another 2 minutes.

• Add the chicken broth and the water and let it boil. Here my son, Karen, decided to join me and stirred the soup for a couple of times. :) :) :)  Then lower the heat and cook the soup under the lid for about half an hour or until the potatoes are fully cooked.

• When the soup is ready put it aside and let it cool down a little bit before you blend it with a blender. Meanwhile you can make the croutons. All you need for garlic croutons are: bread, some kind of vegetable oil and, of course, garlic.

• Slice the bread into pieces and roast them in a pan with a little bit of oil. When the slices of bread are crisp enough let them roast on the other side. It will take only a few minutes.

• When the croûtons are cooled enough not to burn your fingers take a clove of garlic and give them a good scrub on both sides. The croûtons will absorb the flavor of garlic immediately because they are quite hot. You can chop the garlic croûtons into smaller pieces.

• Meanwhile the soup will cool down enough to be blended. I'm using my kitchen device which also has a blender in it. You can use any kind of blender you have.

• Here is how I served my bowl of cream-soup. I cut the croûtons in smaller pieces and added chopped coriander on top.

 

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