Quick Red Lentil Soup
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18 minutes
This soup is a snap to make especially if you use frozen vegetables. Red lentils cook pretty quickly but yours may take a little longer, see how you go.
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 100g frozen chopped onions
- 800g red lentils, rinsed
- 300ml water
- 300ml skim milk
- 1 1/2 vegetable stock cubes
- 200g carrots, sliced
- pinch cumin
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley or fresh coriander
Directions
Preparation:8min ›
Cook:10min ›
Ready in:18min
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onions 2 minutes, stirring. Add the lentils, water, milk and crumbled stock cubes. Cook over high heat, covered, 5 minutes or until lentils are soft.
- Meanwhile, heat the carrots in the microwave on high power 1 minute.
- Add cumin and puree the lentils with a hand blender to desired texture. Season to taste. Serve with the carrots on top and sprinkled with fresh parsley or coriander.
