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Vegan Split Pea Soup with Cassava (Yuca)

This vegan split pea soup recipe with cassava (yuca) is ultimate comfort food. With green split peas, madras curry, turmeric, and cumin, the flavor of this dish is fantastic. Even better, this vegan food recipe is high protein and of the 35 grams of carbs per serving, 14 grams of those are fiber (does not include cassava/yuca)! It's exactly what a rainy day or cold day calls for- nutritious, delicious, and warming.
21 g net Carbs 1 g Fat 13g Protein
*This caloric and nutritional value does not include cassava/yuca.
**Consider adding flavorless protein powder for even more protein.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 9 cups
Course: dinner, lunch, supper
Cuisine: Caribbean, Indian, latin american
Calories: 198
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb green split peas (one bag)
  • 1 large yellow onion, chopped
  • 5 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp madras curry powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • 3 tsp Pink Himalayan salt (or salt of choice)
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • ½ tsp ground coriander
  • ¼ tsp ground red pepper
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast optional
  • 8 cups water
For Cassava
  • 4 pieces cassava peeled
  • 1-2 tsp salt

Equipment

  • stock pot
  • crock pot or instant pot (if preparing this way)
  • food processor or cutting board
  • knife

Method
 

Split Pea Soup
  1. Add 1 tsp olive oil to heated stock pot
  2. Sautee onion and garlic for 2 minutes
  3. Add curry powder, turmeric, and cumin and continue sautéing for another 3 minutes. Stir occasionally.
  4. Add 8 cups of water and bring to a boil.
  5. Until boiling have cover on pot. Once boiling remove lid on pot.
  6. Once boiling add salt, black pepper, coriander, and red pepper
  7. Cook on medium-high heat for up to 75 minutes, or until peas are tender. Usually that means 60-75 minutes.
  8. Near end of cooking add nutritional yeast (optional)
  9. Allow to cool or serve immediately. Best served next day after soup has had time to thicken.
Cassava
  1. Boil water and up to 2 tsp salt (make sure enough water to completely covers all of the cassavas)
  2. Add 6 pieces of cassava to seasoned water
  3. Boil for 20-30 minutes
  4. Strain water
  5. Allow to cool and add chopped pieces to soup.