It's healthy, delicious and easy to make...Spicy red lentil Soup (Good with smoked bacon too!)
· 80g tandoori paste
· 50g tomato puree
· 50g sunflower oil
· 400g tinned diced tomatoes
· 250g coconut milk
· 150g dried red lentils
· 200g carrots, peeled and 10mm diced
· 200g celery, 10mm diced
· 200g banana shallots 10mm diced
· 1 large red chilli de-seeded and sliced
· salt and pepper
· 600ml vegetable or white chicken stock
Heat a large saucepan with the oil to a medium temperature.
Sauté the diced carrots, shallots and celery with a little bit of seasoning. Always remember to season, especially soups,a bit at a time, as during the cooking and reduction processes the flavours becomes stronger and it’s easy to over season. Cook until the vegetables become transparent but not coloured.
Add the sliced red chilli, tandoori paste and tomato puree, cook for 3 minutes, add the dried red lentils and stir.
Add the tinned diced tomatoes and the stock, bring the soup to the boil, turn the heat to low and cover the pan with a lid.
Simmer the soup for 40 minutes over low heat.
Add the coconut milk, turn the heat to high, bring the soup back to the boil and cook for 10 minutes.
Use a ladle and scoop a third of the hot soup in to a food processor and puree until smooth, add this back to the soup and stir. By blending only a third of the soup, this will ensure that your soup has a silky thick and creamy texture with some whole bits of carrots and lentils.
Serve piping hot. (Fresh crusty bread is great with it if you wish)
It's yummy!
Love and energy,
Liz and Jessica x
