Healthy Vegetable Lentil Soup Recipe
healthy vegetable lentil soup
Bring Calcutta to your kitchen with this quick and easy Vegetable Lentil Soup Recipe. This fragrant, hearty, spiced, vegetable-packed lentil soup recipe will transport you straight to the Taj Mahal.
healthy vegetable lentil soup
serves 6
ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large celery stalk, chopped
- 1 large carrot, peeled and chopped
- 1 medium parsnip, peeled and chopped
- 1 small shallot, diced
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp curry powder
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/8 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 5 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup dried green lentils
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
directions
- In a large soup pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add celery, carrot, parsnip, shallot, garlic and ginger. Cook stirring until softened, about 5 minutes. Add curry powder, cumin and crushed red pepper flakes. Stir constantly until spices are fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add the chicken broth, lentils, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer covered until lentils are tender, about 25 minutes.
- Remove 2 cups of soup and puree using a hand held or countertop blender. Return smooth puree back into the remaining soup in the pot. Stir well, adjusting salt and pepper to taste.
- Ladle soup into bowls and top each serving with a spoonful of sour cream and a sprinkle of fresh mint.
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