red lentil soup
Soups & Salads
Red Lentil Soup
Red Lentil Soup is a savory soup filled with aromatic spices and beautiful color. An easy soup recipe that will ‘wow’ your family and friends by how delicious it tastes and hide the nutrient rich red lentils.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 medium white onion , chopped
- 3 carrots , chopped
- 3 celery ribs , chopped
- 4 garlic cloves , minced
- 3 plum tomatoes , stems removed cut into qaurters
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 3/4 teaspoon ancho chile powder
- 2 cups red lentils
- 8 cups vegetable stock
- 2 lemons , wedged
- 1 cup tzatziki sauce
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
Directions
- In dutch oven, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots, celery, garlic and tomatoes. Saute over medium heat, stirring as necessary until ingredients soften, approximately 10 minutes.
- Add cumin, coriander and chile powder, cook until fragrant, 3 minutes.
- Add lentils and vegetable stock. Simmer over moderately low heat until the lentils are very soft, approximately 30 minutes. Stir 2-3 times to prevent lentils from sticking together.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
- Using an immersion blender, puree the mixture directly in the Dutch oven. Season with fine sea salt.
- Serve in a small soup bowl with a dollop of cold tzatziki in the center and fresh lemon wedges. Squeeze lemon juice onto soup right before eating.
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us now how it was!
