Pea stew warming winter dish

Pea stew, traditional Belgian winter dish

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of spit peas, soaked overnight, water discarded
• 2 cups of water
• ½ cup of carrots cut into chunks
• ½ cup of onions cut into 4
• ( you can also add some celery or root celery, or take other vegetables such as daikon, burdock, beets….)

• Some laurel leaves/ 5 cm of kombu/ salt or white miso/ 2 garlic cloves/ some cumin / some dried ginger
• 1/8 cup of parsley or spring onions to garnish

How to cook:

• Put all (except the garnish) in a pot and cook until the beans are soft (about 30-45 minutes).
• Add garnish and serve.

With the leftover stew you can make a lovely soup!

Pea stew soup

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of leftover pea stew
• 1 cup of dashi (bullion of seaweed) or water
• GARNISH: fried bread crumbs or fried fu or fried vegieswith shoyu and of course some fresh greens

How to cook:

• Add all ingredients and heat up
• Add garnishes when serving