spinner
Food & Wine
© John Kernick

Not in the mood for this recipe?

Tell Us What You Think

Pumpkin and Yellow Split Pea Soup

Average Rating

 From 1 rating.

User Reviews

rating lifeofrileychef
This was not bad, but was a little bit boring. It was very orange so I added about 1/3 cup of chopped cilantro at the end, which added color and great flavor to it.

recipe tools

Printer-Friendly Page Printer-Friendly Page
RSS RSS
AddThis
Email to a Friend

Pumpkin and Yellow Split Pea Soup

  • healthy HEALTHY
  • make ahead MAKE-AHEAD
  • Vegetarian VEGETARIAN
ACTIVE TIME: 25 MIN
TOTAL TIME: 4 HRS
SERVES: 12
In her reimagining of holiday pumpkin soup, F&W’s Melissa Rubel adds pumpkin to dal—the spicy, soupy Indian legume dish. The result is a hearty, healthy soup with a lovely edge of sweetness.
ingredients
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 medium red onion, cut into 1/4-inch dice
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 serrano chile, seeded and minced
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 cups yellow split peas, soaked in water for 1 hour and drained
  • 8 1/2 cups water
  • One 15-ounce can unsweetened pumpkin puree
  • 3/4 pound fresh sugar pumpkin or butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
directions
  1. In a large pot, melt the butter. Add the onion, garlic and chile and cook over moderately high heat until the onion is softened, 4 minutes. Add the cumin and cayenne and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the split peas and the water, then whisk in the pumpkin puree and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until the split peas are tender, about 2 hours.
  2. Stir the diced pumpkin into the soup and simmer over moderately low heat until tender, about 30 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in the lemon juice, season with salt and pepper and serve.
Recipe by Melissa Rubel
From Thanksgiving in Your 20s, 40s, 60s
This recipe originally appeared in November, 2007.