Lentil and Vegetable Soup
Lentil and Vegetable Soup

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Lentil and Vegetable Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Lentil and Vegetable Soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

This is the best lentil soup plus prep is quick and it's so easy to make! It's packed with fresh veggies, zesty Italian flavors and plenty of protein rich lentils. A filling comforting soup perfect for serving any day of the year!

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lentil and vegetable soup using 19 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil and Vegetable Soup:
  1. Prepare 1/2 cup red lentils(split masoor dal)
  2. Get 1/4 th cup yellow lentils(split moong dal)
  3. Make ready 1 small carrot cubed
  4. Take 1 small potato cubed
  5. Prepare 1 tbsp clarified butter
  6. Take 1 onion finely chopped
  7. Prepare 2 tbsp finely chopped spring onions
  8. Take 1 tsp minced garlic
  9. Make ready 1 tsp ginger paste
  10. Prepare 1 tsp black pepper powder
  11. Get 1 tomato chopped
  12. Prepare 2 tbsp tomato puree
  13. Make ready 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  14. Prepare 2 bay leaves
  15. Get 1/4 th tsp garam masala
  16. Get 1 tbsp chopped capsicum
  17. Make ready 1 tsp coriander chopped
  18. Prepare To taste salt
  19. Get 1/4 th tsp sugar

Our family practically lives on it in the winter and I usually double the recipe. That's where this Lentil Vegetable Soup comes in! Stocked full of delicious vegetables, hearty lentils, and filling beans, this is a soup that definitely sticks to your ribs without weighing you down! I love that I can make it on the stovetop, slow cooker or in my Instant Pot, depending on how much time I have to.

Steps to make Lentil and Vegetable Soup:
  1. Heat clarified butter in a pressure cooker.Sprinkle cumin seeds and minced garlic.When they sizzle,add chopped onion and toss lightly.Add carrot, potato,red and yellow lentils,tomato and tomato puree, spring onion,ginger paste and salt.Toss all and add water.Pressure cook 3-4 whistles.
  2. Open lid after pressure releases.Cool and blend well in a blender and strain to discard any residue.Add water or vegetable stock to liquify the soup to desired consistency.Pour soup in a wok and boil.Add chopped capsicum, chopped spring onion,black pepper powder,garam masala,pinch of sugar and boil.
  3. Serve a bowl of healthy piping hot lentil soup garnished with chopped coriander and fried or toasted croutons.

This lentil vegetable soup is a favorite of my boys and so easy to make. I think one of the reasons they like it is that I chop all of the vegetables really small. And, like most of the soups I make, if you don't have an ingredient, such as carrot or spinach, leave it out or substitute another favorite ingredient. This meal-in-a-bowl brims with fill-you-up soluble fiber, thanks to the lentils. Translation: It may help keep weight down and also helps lower total and "bad" LDL cholesterol.

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