Lentil Soup Recipe at MyDish

Lentil Soup

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Method

  • Chop up all the veggies. Put everything in a big pan. Bring up to a simmer and cook very gently about one hour, stirring occasionally to make sure it doesn't catch. Add more liquid if you think it's needed - but remember this is a main meal and should be very thick.
  • Liquidise all or part, or just mash with a potato masher.
  • Can also be made in a pressure cooker - 25 minutes at full pressure.
  • This is just the basic recipe, so feel free to be creative with ingredients - it's very flexible. I make this often as it uses things I always have in stock and is so incredibly easy.
  • I add a little vinegar (balsamic or wine) to my plate, but my better half prefers Worcester sauce (but this would make it non-vegetarian, of course).

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    • Just made it...really mourish and lovely, although not being a fan of peppers i still added it and actually that's fine. On top of the Balsamic i popped a handful of raw spinach, then the hot soup, DE-I-LICIOUS!!!!!

      This is helping with my reduced FAT diet, infact it's virtually fat free isn't it??

      by Unta on Sat Jan 9 2010   reply to this comment

    • Why thank you kind Sir Fester. I had forgotten I had posted this recipe, and your reply has inspired me to look at the website again. Keep on cooking the lentils!

      by eva on Sat Jul 18 2009   reply to this comment

    • I had to become a mydish member to say I love the lentil soup recipe. my wife now thinks I am a chef. its became a favorite in my house now,
      kind regards Fester

      by Fester on Sat Jul 18 2009   reply to this comment

    • Just realised that my first reply to the comment went onto the site. What I forgot to say in my recipe was that we usually chop some smoked sausage into it after it is cooked. The first comment came from my beautiful vegetarian daughter, who of course doesn't do that, and it tastes good either way - thank you Abi!

      by eva on Tue Sep 30 2008   reply to this comment

    • Of course - I forgot to say about the smoked sausage!

      by eva on Tue Sep 30 2008   reply to this comment

    • Nom nom nom! This lentil soup is ace - cheap, easy, versatile and flavourful. Eva is my mum, I learned to make it at her elbow and I still make it regularly, although peppers are evil and I leave them out. I sometimes make it extra thick and use the leftovers as a pasta sauce.


      By the way, it's possible to get veggie Worcestershire sauce. I buy it from my local kosher shop.

      by Abi on Tue Sep 30 2008   reply to this comment

    Ingredients

    • 225 grams orange lentils
    • 1 or 2 medium potatoes
    • 2 carrots
    • 1 tall tin tinned chopped tomatoes
    • 1 green pepper
    • 1 litre veg stock (marigold or similar)
    • 1 teaspoon marmite
    • 1 tablespoon tomato puree
    •  salt pepper
    • 2 onions
    • 1 or 2 cloves garlic

    By Views 5881  Added Tue Sep 30 2008


    I learnt to make this as an au pair in Germany in the early 1960s. Cheap, low-fat and filling, and a family favourite.

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