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Red Lentil Soup

Silky cumin-spiced lentils finished with lemon.

Prep
8 min
Cook
27 min
Total
35 min
Active
10 min
Serves
5
Difficulty
Easy
Cuisine
middle-eastern
Servings5

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Cook the onion and carrot in the oil 8 minutes, then add the garlic and spices for 1 minute.

  2. Add the lentils and stock and simmer 20 minutes until the lentils collapse.

  3. Blend until smooth, adding water if it's too thick.

  4. Season and stir in the lemon juice off the heat.

It thickens a lot as it cools — thin it when reheating.