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Middle Eastern lentil soup
Serves 6
Easy
Total time:
This recipe was submitted by a Good Food member and has not been tested by our team.
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Units:
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 onionchopped
- 2 garlic clovesfinely chopped
- 1 ½ cups red or yellow lentils
- 8 cups chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 ½ tsp ground cumin
- handful chopped flat-leaf parsley
- juice of half a lemon
Method
step 1
Heat oil in a pan and gently fry the chopped onions for 5 minutes.
step 2
Add the chopped garlic, turmeric and cumin and continue cooking for a few minutes more.
step 3
Stir in the lentils, add the stock and cook for 35 minutes. Stir several times during cooking, especially towards the end, to prevent lentils from sticking to base of pan.
step 4
Toss in parsley, stir in lemon juice and leave to cook for 2-3 minutes more.
step 5
No blending is necessary unless you want it really smooth.
step 6
Serve with chunks of crusty bread.
