Lentil Peas Soup with Green Banana

Its weekend once again, and we all have to eat, in my effort to continue promoting my book, here is another recipe.

This is a very hearty and very good soup. I like to add small cube-sized dumplings and green banana
(green fig). Everyone has his own set of ingredients he likes to add, so I will share my ingredients
with you. If you like some meat in your soup, pig tail or salt beef is always a good option.

INGREDIENTS:
• ½ lb lentils
• 6 cups water
• 3 green bananas (green fig)
• 1 cup flour (for dumplings)
• 3 stalks celery and chive, finely chopped
• 2 small carrots, chopped
• 1 white onion, chopped
• 5 pimentos, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tbsp butter
• 3 fresh ripe tomatoes, diced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 lb elbow pasta
• salt and black pepper to taste

1. Add half of all ingredients except pasta in a heavy saucepan and cook until lentils are tender.
Combine remaining ingredients and let cook for another 20 minutes.
2. Cook pasta separately according to directions on the package.
3. Add pasta to soup and cook 5 minutes longer.