Golden Lentil Soup
photo by Kumquat the Cats fr
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 2 cups dried red lentils
- 5 large onions, chopped
- 2 large carrots, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 7 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 4 teaspoons ground cumin
- olive oil
- 7 cups vegetable broth
- salt & fresh ground pepper
directions
- Rinse lentils and then cover with water in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. (Stir occasionally to prevent burning.) Cook, uncovered, for 9 minutes. Drain and place aside.
- Chop carrots, celery, onion and garlic. (Using a food processor saves time if available).
- In a large stockpot, saute the chopped onions, carrot, celery, garlic, turmeric, and cumin in olive oil until onions are translucent.
- Transfer lentils and broth to the pot. Add coriander and salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring soup to a boil. Lower heat, cover, and simmer for 40 minutes. Serve with crackers.
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Reviews
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A light and mildly spicy but absolutely lovely tasting and looking soup. Excellent as a first course for a fine dinner. I made this for a light supper and halved this recipe and only added 2 teaspoons olive oil for the two of us. Otherwise no changes whatsoever. We had some veggies with a light cheese sauce to complement this for a vegetarian dinner. My BF and I both had seconds of the soup; he added a little vinegar too (I didn't feel it needed it), and I'm saving the rest for tomorrow's lunch. Very inexpensive to make, and VERY healthful. Thanks for posting this, I would definitely make this again.:D
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We live on an amazing mile-wide stretch of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, USA. I'm a dietitian and have been a vegetarian for about 20 years and love to cook and try out great new recipes on our friends at our monthly potluck by the river. (Many a 5-star Zaar recipe gets emailed out after raves at potluck!) I love yoga, meditation and music, especially my husband's songs and drumming. We enjoy eating organic produce from our local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture project) Spiral Path Farm and hiking on the Appalacian Trail by our house. In case anyone is curious, my photo is a favorite picture of the river behind our house with a dear friend playing his flute at sunset following potluck.