Recipe - Southwestern Pea Soup

2 pack (10ounce) frozen peas,
deftosted in a sieve under
warm running water
2 cup Plain yogurt (I use nonfat &
can't tell the difference
from whole or lowfat)
One fourth cup (or less, I've done it with
none) olive oil
One half cup Fresh lime or lemon juice
4 Cloves garlic smashed &
peeled
1 tablespoon Chilli powder (or more, I
know how you are, though
this isn't really intended
to be a spicy soup)
2 cup Ice water
1 tablespoon Salt
Ground cumin, I added,
though it isn't in the
original recipe

GARNISH (MUY IMPORTANTE
One half A cup of the peas from
above, about
One half cup Each finely chopped tomato &
red bell pepper
1 Minced jalapeno (OK, it's
supposed to be a little
hot) (up to 2)
1 bn Cilantro chopped up
Red onion, I also add this
to this mess

Put peas in food processor and mush thoroughly. Add everything else down to
'Garnish' except for the water and process till fairly smooth. Dump in
serving bowl, add water, stir. The original recipe called for putting out
all the garnishes in seperate little bowls for diners to pick a choose
from. Frankly, I toss all of them into one bowl and let people pick out the
ones they don't like. Had this for dinner tonight. Yum good and it's sorta
key lime colored.
Posted to Digest eatlf.v096.n230

Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 10:04:56 0500

From: Naughyde@aol.com