Sweet Pea Soup

Ingredients

• chopped Onion
  2 cups
• minced garlic
  2 tsp
• grated fresh peeled ginger
  1 tsp
• salt
  1 tsp
• cayenne pepper
  1/4 tsp
• homemade garam masala

  which we happened to have on hand, OR
  1 tbsp
• ground black pepper
  1/2 tsp
• ground coriander seeds
  1 tsp
• ground cumin seeds
  1 tsp
• ground cardamom
  1/4 tsp
• ground cloves
  1/8 tsp
• cinnamon
  1/4 tsp
• turmeric (I don't like it and didn't use it

  but Moosewood does)
  1 tsp
• tomatoes

  chopped
  2 unit
• sweet potato

  diced
  1 unit
• water
  3 1/2 cups
• fresh green peas (took me 45 minutes to shell them!)
  3 cups