Lentil Soup

I got this recipe from my friend DH. Thanks so very much for this! It's a massive hit in my family now.


Lentil soup:

Ingredients:

1 cup of red lentils
1 litre boiling water
a little oil or butter
1-2 carrots (cut into about 1cm chunks)
2-3 stalks of celery (cut into about 1cm chunks)
1/2-1 onion (diced)
as much garlic as you want
1 tsp garam marsala
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp tumeric
1 tsp corriander (or seeds)
1 Tbspn cream
1 Tpspn cornflour
1 cup diced tomato
1 cup peas &/or corn
any other vegetable you want to put in
Fresh herbs (e.g. corriander, basil, parsley, etc)
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

1. Combine lentils and boiling water. Leave to soak while you prepare the rest of the ingredients

2. In a hot saucepan combine oil/butter, garlic, carrots, celery and stir until celery is a bit tender

3. Add garam marsala, cumin, tumeric and corriander (if you don't have these, add an equivalent amount of curry powder) and allow the aroma of the spices to come out

4. Pour lentils and remaining water into above saucepan and stir

5. Allow to simmer for up to 20mins

6. Combine cream and cornflour, then add to the pot

7. Add tomato, corn and peas and any other cooked vegetables (you can put mushrooms, zucchini, etc in raw as it will cook through) and allow to simmer for a little while longer stirring as you do

8. Add herbs and salt and pepper to the mix and when they've lilted, it's ready to serve!! YUM!!!

It's great with fresh bread or damper and with a dollop of ricotta or cream cheese.

Serves: 4-6 people

Rating: 4.5 stars!