Curried red lentil and potato soup
Curried red lentil and potato soup

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, curried red lentil and potato soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

A hearty, comforting soup with tons of plant-based protein and fiber. The base for this simple curry soup is onion, garlic, ginger, carrots, and potatoes. How To Make Curry Sweet Potato + Red Lentil Soup.

Curried red lentil and potato soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Curried red lentil and potato soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook curried red lentil and potato soup using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Curried red lentil and potato soup:
  1. Take 1 tbsp olive oil or coconut oil
  2. Get 1 onion, finely chopped
  3. Take 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  4. Make ready 1 inch fresh ginger, finely chopped or frozen
  5. Prepare 1 tbsp garam masala
  6. Make ready 1 heaped tsp cinnamon
  7. Take 1 tsp cumin
  8. Make ready 200 ml tinned coconut milk
  9. Make ready 500 ml stock - I used some chicken stock that needed using from the freezer but you could use vegetable stock here instead
  10. Take 1 potato, peeled and chopped into chunks
  11. Prepare 1 carrot, peeled and finely chopped
  12. Prepare 1 cup red lentils
  13. Prepare 1 tbsp tomato puree
  14. Make ready 1 tsp mango chutney
  15. Take 1 heaped tbsp dessicated coconut (unsweetened)
  16. Make ready Squeeze lemon
  17. Get 1 tbsp natural yoghurt - I used thick greek yoghurt. (You could leave this out if you don't have any - it will just be a little less rich and creamy.)
  18. Get Salt
  19. Make ready Chilli flakes

The red lentils, which cook more Cubes of sweet potato hold their shape, and kale adds some welcome form and texture. As for the flavors, curry powder, ginger, garlic and chile give it. Delicious and satisfying, this thick red lentil and sweet potato soup recipe can be cooked with or without a pressure cooker. Add the curry powder and stir until combined.

Steps to make Curried red lentil and potato soup:
  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and add the onion, garlic and ginger. Cook for a few minutes until starting to soften.
  2. Add the spices and mix with the onion. Now add the potato and carrot and coat with the spices. Add a little stock (2-3 tbsps) to loosen the spices.
  3. Add the lentils and stir well. Add the coconut milk and 1/4 of the stock and stir well. Bring to the boil and reduce to a simmer. Add the tomato puree, dessicated coconut and mango chutney and stir well.
  4. Cook for 5 minutes with the lid on. Now add the rest of the stock, bring to the boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook with the lid on for 25 minutes or until the veg and lentils are lovely and soft. Stir regularly so that the lentils don't stick to the bottom of the pan.
  5. Use a hand blender to blend the soup until smooth (you can serve the soup as it is before blending which will give you more of a thin dahl).
  6. Add a good squeeze of lemon juice, yoghurt and seasoning and simmer for a few more minutes. Serve in warm bowls with some lovely fresh chunky bread - we had ours with porridge oat bread while it was still warm from the bread maker… Heaven!

Dump in the sweet potatoes, lentils, remaining coconut milk, water, and salt/pepper. Not only do the sweet potatoes and carrots work perfectly in this soup because they are the same bright orange color, but they are also both sweet and pair perfectly with the curry. The addition of the red lentils also helps to reinforce the beautiful orange color of this soup. Rinse the lentils in a strainer under cold running water (preferably filtered). Pick them over and discard any small stones.

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