Trini Corn Soup

Directions

1. potatoes, carrots, vegetable oil, onions, chopped celeery, fresh thyme, yellow split peas, 6 ears of corn, 1 congo pepper, cilantro, chive, pimento peppers, vegetable stock, coconut milk
2. heat oil in big soup pot Add garlic and saute Add potatoes, carrots, chive, celery, thyme, pimentoes, corn cook for 5 minutes Add split peas and 8 cups of stock Season and salt , add fresh ground black pepper and bring to boil Place hot congo pepper whole on top of pot, do not allow to burst for about 10 minutes Cover and simmr until 1 hr until peas cook Then remove all pieces of corn and puree rest of soup. Add soup back to pot with corn and then make dumplings adhead 3 hrs to rise Add dumplings to soup and bring to simmer for 15 minutes again. Add fresh cilantro to decorate soup.
3. Dumplings Recipe

1. flour, baking powder, salt and milk
2. Combine the flour with baking powder in a bowl and salt. Add milk in and make a dough, knead into a ball. Let rise at least 2-3 hrs Then roll out and cut desired dumplings out for soup recipe. Drop dumplings into for 15 minutes and then turn off pot.