In reply to Jasmine.

Cow Foot Soup

Total: 60 mins
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 50 mins
Resting time for dumpling dough: 20 mins
Yield: Serves 4 to 5

Ingredients
2 teaspoons oil
1 cup onions (diced)
6 sprigs thyme (divided)
2 pounds cow heel (cut up)
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
1/2 cup yellow split peas
6 to 8 okra
2 carrots (cut into 1-inch rounds)
12 flour dumplings
Steps to Make It
Heat oil in pressure cooker.

Add onions and thyme and saute until the onions are translucent, 2 to 3 minutes.

Add cowheel along with salt and pepper to taste and saute with onions and thyme for 3 minutes.

Add 5 cups of water, stir, cover the pressure cooker and let cook for 30 minutes. Time begins from the first whistle.

Release the valve of the pressure cooker to let out the steam. Open the pressure cooker and add the peas and more water. There should be enough water to cook the peas and make soup.

Add thyme and let the peas and cowheel cook on high heat until the peas melt.

Add okra and dumplings to pot, cover and let cook for 6 to 8 minutes or until the dumplings are cooked through. Taste soup for seasoning, adjust salt and pepper accordingly.

Stir and serve.