Many people in the Netherlands do not yet know okra, but in Suriname, for example, they feast on it. Try it, with this well-filling okra soup with yellow split peas!

1. Wash the split peas. Boil the split peas in water with the bay leaf and allspice grains until tender.
2. Peel and chop the onion.
3. Clean the carrot and leek. Cut the carrot into slices and the leek into rings.
4. Fry the onion, carrot and leek in the oil.
5. Wash the ochre and cut into pieces if necessary.
6. Cut the half pepper into strips.
7. Add the ochre, cooked pesi with cooking liquid, pepper strips and diced tomatoes to the fried vegetables and cook until tender.
8. Flavour the soup with generously chopped celery leaves and lemon juice.

Any ingredients left over?
Any vegetables left over, such as leeks or carrots? Then incorporate it into a stir-fry dish.

Source: Nutrition Centre