Two bowls of red lentil soup with lime on the side

Red lentil soup

Name: Red lentil soup
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 onion roughly chopped; 1 large carrot peeled and grated; 2 jalapeño chillies chopped; olive oil for drizzling; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 3 tbsp red lentils; 400g tin chopped tomatoes; 500ml vegetable stock; 1 lime zested and juiced; natural yogurt to serve

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: March 12, 2021 at 10:00 AM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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Give your red lentil soup a fiery kick with jalapeño chillies and cumin seeds. Lime adds freshness and a zingy finish to this warming veggie blend

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Ingredients

Nutrition

1 onion

roughly chopped
1 large carrot

peeled and grated
2 jalapeño chillies

chopped
olive oil

for drizzling
1 tsp cumin seeds
3 tbsp red lentils
400g tin chopped tomatoes
500ml vegetable stock
1 lime

zested and juiced
natural yogurt

to serve

Nutrition: per serving

kcal182
fat3.1g
saturates0.3g
carbs29.5g
fibre7.6g
protein9.8g
salt0.9g

Method

step 1

Cook the onion, carrot and chilli in a drizzle of oil until softened, then add the cumin. Cook for a minute, then tip in the lentils, tomatoes and stock. Simmer for 15-20 minutes until lentils are soft.
step 2

Blitz the soup briefly with a stick blender until semi-smooth, then stir in most of the lime zest and all the juice. Finish with a dollop of yogurt.

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Janine Ratcliffe in a short sleeved long dress sitting on a chair beneath palm trees on a balcony

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