Peanut (groundnut) Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 large onions, finely chopped
• 4 large very ripe tomatoes or 13 ounces canned tomatoes
• 6 1/2 ounces creamy peanut butter
• 3 1/2 pints boiling water
• red chile, to taste
• 4 -8 mushrooms

Recipe

• 1 blanch the tomatoes in boiling water, peel off the skin and blend the flesh to a smooth juice. if using canned tomatoes, blend.
• 2 put the peanut butter into a big bowl, add 3/4 pt. of the boiling water and use a wooden spoon or a blender to blend the peanut butter and water carefully together to form a creamy, smooth sauce.
• 3 mix together the tomatoes, peanut butter mixture, red chilies and mushrooms.
• 4 continue to simmer, stirring only occasionally to prevent the food sticking to the bottom of the pan. this is now the basic soup.
• 5 pour the rest of the boiling water into the soup and simmer slowly on medium heat for 20 mins or so.