Thick carrot and lentil soup
Thick carrot and lentil soup

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, thick carrot and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Thick carrot and lentil soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Thick carrot and lentil soup is something that I have loved my whole life.

Today's soup uses that soup as the base but adds in carrots along with a few additional ingredients. The carrots compliment the tomatoes and lentils nicely, bringing a sweet flavor to the soup. One of my favorite things about this soup is that you can freeze half for later.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have thick carrot and lentil soup using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Thick carrot and lentil soup:
  1. Take 4 medium carrots
  2. Make ready 1 large onion
  3. Prepare 3 clove of garlic
  4. Take 1 tbsp veg oil
  5. Make ready 1 pints water or veg stock (approx)
  6. Get 2 cup red lentils
  7. Prepare 1 tsp butter (optional)
  8. Prepare 1 salt and pepper to taste
  9. Make ready 1/4 tsp turmeric (optional)
  10. Take 1/4 tsp ground coriander (optional)
  11. Make ready 1 pinch ground cumin (optional)

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Steps to make Thick carrot and lentil soup:
  1. Peel and coarsely chop carrots, onion and garlic.
  2. Add all to pan with oil and fry for 3-4 mins.
  3. Add stock/water and increase heat to boil.
  4. Rinse lentils then add to pan.
  5. Add spices now if including them.
  6. Boil for 10 mins then simmer for 20-30 mins until lentils and carrots are soft and cooked, stirring often.
  7. Add butter if you're using it.
  8. Depending on how thick you like soup, you may need to add more hot water/stock.
  9. Blend until smooth, (season with salt and pepper if required) and serve.

If it starts to look a little thick, add a little more water. I make this soup with lentils, carrots, turmeric, and fresh lemon whenever I'm in need of some healthy comfort food. Lentils — I use brown, red, or French lentils to make the soup and add them uncooked. The lentils cook up to be soft, plus I love the nutritional benefits of lentils. Roasting carrots brings out their natural sweetness.

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