A Delectable Trinidad Corn Soup

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I have been cooking over 50 years. I cook from scratch every day, so I am always looking for new recipes to try.

2 to 3 corn on the cob

2 tablespoon chopped shado beni (substitute - cilantro)

2 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 large onion

3 cloves garlic

2 tablespoon chopped chives

3 sprigs thyme

2 tablespoon parsley

1 cup yellow split peas

1 scotch bonnet pepper (any hot pepper you like)

3 cups vegetable stock

3 cups water

¼ teaspoon black pepper

¾ tablespoon salt

1 large sweet potato cubed

4 medium potato (I used Yukon gold) cubed

1 lb pumpkin (about 1 ½ cups) cubed

1 can coconut milk (about 1 ½ cups)

1 can creamed corn

1 large carrot diced

EDIT: Seems I forgot to list the 1 cup of celery (special thanks to Renata for pointing this out)

note: If you’re making this with salted pig tails, remember to pre-boil the pigtail first to remove some of the salt, and you may not need any added salt in the soup itself. The remaining salt from the pig tail will be enough to flavour the entire dish.

subheading: For the dumplings…:

¾ cup flour

pinch of salt

pinch of sugar

water *

note: Add 2 to 3 tablespoon water when making the dough for the dumplings and add more as necessary. You’re trying to achieve a firm dough.

Start by preparing the vegetables for the dish. Peel, cut, chop, cube etc. You’ll notice in the pic below that I cut the scotch bonnet into pieces, this is because I love the heat. Feel free to leave it whole in the dish and remove after cooking, if you’re concerned about the heat level. I also add the sprigs of thyme whole, but later in the cooking process I’ll fish them out of the pot. Start by preparing the vegetables for the dish. Peel, cut, chop, cube etc. You’ll notice in the pic below that I cut the scotch bonnet into pieces, this is because I love the heat. Feel free to leave it whole in the dish and remove after cooking, if you’re concerned about the heat level. I also add the sprigs of thyme whole, but later in the cooking process I’ll fish them out of the pot.

With the cobs of corn all you have to do is clean them, rinse under cool water and cut into 1 inch pieces.

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