35 MIN

Simple Lentil Soup

Name: Simple Lentil Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 8 3/4 oz dried red lentils (rinsed); 1 onion (chopped); 1 carrot (chopped); 2 cloves garlic (sliced); 2 tsp ground cumin; 1 quart vegetable stock; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 lemon (juiced); 1 tsp sea salt (to taste)

Red lentils, a few aromatics, and cumin, finished with a squeeze of lemon. Naturally vegan.

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Ingredients

8 3/4 ozdried red lentils, rinsed
1onion, chopped
1carrot, chopped
2 clovesgarlic, sliced
2 tspground cumin
1 quartvegetable stock
2 tbspolive oil
1lemon, juiced
1 tspsea salt, to taste

Method

1
Warm the olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Add the onion and carrot with a pinch of salt and cook until softening, about 6 minutes, then stir in the garlic and cumin and cook one minute until fragrant.
2
Stir in the rinsed red lentils, then pour in the stock. Bring to a boil, then turn the heat down to a simmer.
3
Simmer gently, stirring now and then so the lentils do not catch on the bottom, until they have collapsed and the soup is thick, about 18 minutes.
4
Take the pot off the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Taste, and add more salt or lemon until it tastes bright rather than flat. Blend smooth if you like, or serve as it is.

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