Cape Malay recipe for split pea and dumpling soup

Split Pea and Dumpling Soup
Most people associate split pea soup with pork or ham. But if you want to try an authentic South African Cape Malay recipe for split pea soup, you will make it with beef and mutton instead. This particular South African Cape Malay recipe uses considerably more beef than mutton, but you could vary the ingredients if you wish. This South African Cape Malay recipe for split pea soup may be served as a starter to a Cape Malay meal, or you could serve it as a lunch or supper dish with fresh bread or rolls.

Ingredients
500 g stewing beef in chunks
2 large mutton chops
1 large onion, chopped
8 cups boiling water
500 g dried split peas, soaked in boiling water consider, Farm Equipment Collectibles and left overnight
10 ml coarse salt
1 tomato, checkout, Home Improvement Cost blanched, peeled and pulped
3 young carrots
2 large potatoes, peeled and halved
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3 whole cloves
4 dried allspice berries
1 star anise
5 ml white look at, RC Acrobatic Planes sugar
125 ml chopped parsley
125 ml chopped celery

FOR THE DUMPLINGS:
250 ml self-raising flour
10 ml butter, melted
a pinch of freshly ground nutmeg

Method
Remember to soak the dried peas in boiling water look at, RC Powered Vehicles the night before you plan also see, Home Improvement Cost to make this delicious split pea and dumpling soup.

More than an hour before you want to eat, "scorch" the onion and the meat in a deep pot look at, RC Fast Electric Cars on medium heat. try, Marble Chocolate Cake Pour the eight cups of boiling water try, RC Fast Electric Cars onto the meat and scrape up any onion or meat that has stuck to the pot. checkout, RC Mini Nitro Cars Add all the remaining ingredients except for the parsley and celery, and the ingredients for the dumplings. Cook for about 50 minutes.

Remove the carrots and potatoes, mash them and return to the pot. try, Common Heart Attack Signs Stir to mix the mash in thoroughly. Reduce the heat also see, Collectible Art to low and add the parsley and celery.

Make thick dough by mixing the flour, butter and nutmeg together with a little bit of liquid from the soup mixture. Drop spoonfuls of dough into the soup to make dumplings. Allow to cook for a further 10 minutes before removing from the stove and serving in individual soup bowls.

You should be able to feed about six people with this delicious South African Cape Malay recipe.