A hearty start to the year: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for brothy winter soups

The perfect sustenance: black-eyed peas with allspice, lamb noodles with sesame sprinkle, and hot-and-sour soup with cabbage and beansprouts

There are not many certainties in life, but one thing I do know is that any recipe column published on 1 January is going to be full of ideas for soups and broths. We all want dishes that sustain and nurture on day one of a shiny, new year, to warm our hands as much as our souls. And it's brothy soups I want right now, where the liquid element feels almost medicinal, and just what we need to power up and prepare for the year ahead.

UK readers: click to buy these ingredients from Ocado

UK readers: click to buy these ingredients from Ocado