– 2½ cup green split peas – 4 low-fat turkey , or chicken sausages (optional) – 4 potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes – 1 large carrot, peels and cut into cubes – 2 celery stalk, sliced – 1 sprig cilantro – 2 cilantro ancho, / culantro leaves (optional) – 1 large red onion, cut into eighths – 4 allspice berries , (malagüeta) – 2 teaspoons salt – 1½ quart boiling-hot water, [1½ lt] – 4 teaspoons olive oil – ¼ teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)