Vegan
Red Lentil Soup
This vegan red lentil soup is quick to prepare, filling and very delicious. It is prepared with coconut milk, chard, the worlds hottest chili powder and a few other wholesome and healthy ingredients.
The soup takes less than 30 minutes to prepare and can easily serve as a satisfying main course.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
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Cooking time: 25 minutes
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Resting time: 0 minutes
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Total time needed: 30 minutes
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Grade of Difficulty: standard
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Serves 4
This soup recipe was inspired by Ergobiene. I adapted it to suit our personal taste. You can find her recipe in German language here.
Ingredients
for
Red Lentil Soup
- 1 tbsp. coconut oil
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped (or to taste)
- 400 gram / 14.1 oz. red lentils
- 1 x 410 gram / 14.4 oz. can peeled potatoes with juice
- 1 x 410 gram / 14.4 oz. can coconut milk
- 2 tsp. granulated vegetable stock
- 800 ml / 27 oz water
- 1 tsp. turmeric powder
- 1 tsp. salt (or to taste)
- 1/2 tsp. cumin powder
- 1/8 tsp. Carolina Reaper chilli powder (optional - if you can't get hold of carolina reaper powder use 1.5 tsp. cayenne pepper instead)
- 50 gram / 1.7 oz. swiss chard, stalks removed and greens roughly chopped
Directions
- Add coconut oil to a large pot and turn stove to medium heat
- Add onions and saute for 5 minutes or till they begin to change color, stirring them regularly
- Add garlic and lentils, stir well and saute for another minute
- Now add water, peeled tomatoes and coconut milk to quench the heat,stir well, cover with lid and once the soup is beginning to boil, reduce heat to low
- Add turmeric powder, salt, cumin powder and Carolina Reaper chili, stir briefly, cover pot with lid and let the soup gently simmer for 15 minutes
- Add chopped swiss chard to the soup, stir briefly, cover again with the lid and simmer for another 5 minutes
- Switch stove of and serve lentil soup hot with slices of freshly baked bread
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