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How To Make Lentil Soup

How To Make Lentil Soup

Lentil Soup Recipe. A hearty and warming lentil soup which is bursting with nutrients.

You will need…

  • 35 g lentils (small brown type)
  • 4 medium tomatoes
  • 100 ml olive oil
  • 1 large bunch flat-leaf parsley
  • 2 to 3 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 dessert spoon cumin seeds (or ground cumin)
  • 1 dessert spoon sweet paprika
  • 1 tsp hot chilli flakes or powder
  • Salt
  • 1 ltr water (approx)
  • 1 medium pot with lid
  • 1 chopping board
  • 1 large knife
  • 1 small knife
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 colander
  • Kitchen paper

Step 1:

Rinse and drain the lentils

Place the lentils in the colander and rinse them well under a cold tap. Drain and shake off any excess water.

Step 2:

Core and dice the tomatoes

Remove the cores from the tomatoes then dice them into approximately 1 centimetre cubes.

Step 3:

Chop the garlic

Finely chop the garlic.

Step 4:

Heat the oil

Over a medium heat, warm the oil in a cooking pot.

Step 5:

Cook the chopped garlic

When hot, add the chopped garlic and cook for roughly one minute, stirring continuously to prevent burning.

Step 6:

Add the spices

Add the cumin seeds, paprika and chilli flakes and stir for a further minute.

Step 7:

Stew the tomatoes

Add the tomatoes, turn the heat up slightly and stew for approximately 3 minutes.

Step 8:

Add the lentils

Add the strained lentils and stir well.

Step 9:

Add water

Pour about a litre of water into the pan, bring back to a boil and cover.

Step 10:

Cook

When boiling, turn down the heat to a simmer and cook for roughly thirty minutes or until the lentils are soft.

Step 11:

Prepare the parsley

Rinse the parsley under a cold tap and pat it dry with some kitchen paper. Spread it along a cutting board and chop coarsely, discarding any of the larger stalks.

Step 12:

Season and add parsley

After thirty minutes, add some salt to season, the chopped parsley and more water if desired.

Step 13:

Serve the lentil soup

Ladle the lentil soup into bowls and serve with warm, crusty bread.

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    1 out of 2 people found this comment helpful horsefly4  (5 days ago)

    why would anyone ruin the soup by putting oil on top of it

    0 out of 2 people found this comment helpful maxextz  (100 days ago)

    looks terrible but probably tastes good

    1 out of 1 person found this comment helpful Anonymous  (171 days ago)

    Has no one else noticed the order of the recipe goes from eleven to thirteen? o_O Other than that, I will be trying this tonight. >w<

    1 out of 1 person found this comment helpful Anonymous  (178 days ago)

    I love this soup, easy to make and really tasty

    1 out of 1 person found this comment helpful Anonymous  (191 days ago)

    chopped tomato may be replaced by tomato paste and you may want to add home made pasta in the shape of matches..

    bellydance  (213 days ago)

    wat is this name of this lentil?

    1 out of 2 people found this comment helpful migueljrf  (308 days ago)

    Made this yesterday. Fabulous! Hot and spicy lentil soup + red wine + Big Trouble in Little China = Heaven

    2 out of 2 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (330 days ago)

    One tsp of chilli flakes it quite a lot. I used crushed chillies and it came quite hot. Did anyone add water at the end? I did as it was quite thick but then i think i ruined the taste...

    Anonymous  (345 days ago)

    great recipes I love the web site helps the video with the recipe, healthy food, great

    0 out of 3 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (362 days ago)

    need to come up with some kind of U.S.A.'' ingreadiant's list, not every one who read's this is familer with the list of, ingreadiants.and /or if and where you can get em.thanks to those of you who write '' pop up comment's and translate the UK'' to U.S.A. It help's And i dont have the conviance of livin' remotely close to a store that would have some of these item's ''let alone know what they were'' thank's

    2 out of 2 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (366 days ago)

    Yvonne, you converted the hot chilli powder quantity?!? I thought a teaspoon was a teaspoon, even in Britain! LOL

    1 out of 1 person found this comment helpful Anonymous  (375 days ago)

    PLEASE NOTE: As others here have pointed out, the quantity of lentils is given wrongly. It should be multiplied by 10, i.e. 350 g for four people. (I just made the soup--turned out great--so I know.)

    1 out of 1 person found this comment helpful Anonymous  (387 days ago)

    Given the amount of lentils in the video, I'd say they're off by a factor of ten. Looks more like 350g (~12oz) of lentils NOT 35g (1.25oz).

    1 out of 1 person found this comment helpful Yvonne52  (399 days ago)

    I have made this today and it is very runny, I think lanroshkpu comment is correct! Also on converting to UK Imperial when printing it came out 7/8 tsp hot chilli powder, SO I DID 7 !!! OUCH !!!

    4 out of 4 people found this comment helpful lanroshkpu  (441 days ago)

    Only 35 g. lentils..... I can see a lot more, mae be you're wrong

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