Thick carrot and lentil soup
Thick carrot and lentil soup

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, thick carrot and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Today's soup uses that soup as the base but adds in carrots along with a few additional ingredients. The carrots compliment the tomatoes and lentils nicely, bringing a sweet flavor to the soup. One of my favorite things about this soup is that you can freeze half for later.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have thick carrot and lentil soup using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Thick carrot and lentil soup:
  1. Take 4 medium carrots
  2. Take 1 large onion
  3. Make ready 3 clove of garlic
  4. Make ready 1 tbsp veg oil
  5. Take 1 pints water or veg stock (approx)
  6. Make ready 2 cup red lentils
  7. Prepare 1 tsp butter (optional)
  8. Get 1 salt and pepper to taste
  9. Take 1/4 tsp turmeric (optional)
  10. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground coriander (optional)
  11. Take 1 pinch ground cumin (optional)

Our red lentil soup with carrots is a simple lentil soup recipe. Lentils are fantastic for making thick creamy soups and this lightly spiced recipe is so tasty. Best served topped with a spoonful of yoghurt and a sprinkle of fresh chopped coriander. I make this soup with lentils, carrots, turmeric, and fresh lemon whenever I'm in need of some healthy comfort food.

Steps to make Thick carrot and lentil soup:
  1. Peel and coarsely chop carrots, onion and garlic.
  2. Add all to pan with oil and fry for 3-4 mins.
  3. Add stock/water and increase heat to boil.
  4. Rinse lentils then add to pan.
  5. Add spices now if including them.
  6. Boil for 10 mins then simmer for 20-30 mins until lentils and carrots are soft and cooked, stirring often.
  7. Add butter if you're using it.
  8. Depending on how thick you like soup, you may need to add more hot water/stock.
  9. Blend until smooth, (season with salt and pepper if required) and serve.

Lentils — I use brown, red, or French lentils to make the soup and add them uncooked. The lentils cook up to be soft, plus I love the nutritional benefits of lentils. Not only is this Carrot and Lentil soup cheap, easy to make and healthy, you can eat tons of vegetables in one bowl without really even realising it. If it starts to look a little thick, add a little more water. wonderful soup, low fat, easy and cheap. PS: If you make my curried carrot and lentil soup, don't forget to tag me on Instagram as @lazycatkitchen and use the #lazycatkitchen hashtag.

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