Spiced Red Lentil Soup

Name: Spiced Red Lentil Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 400g red lentils, rinsed; 1 large onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp coriander; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp smoked paprika; 1.2L vegetable stock; 2 tbsp olive oil; juice of 1 lemon; 3 tbsp butter; 1 tsp chilli flakes for topping; salt to taste

A warming British-Middle Eastern red lentil soup with lemon and crispy chilli butter. Browning the butter with chilli flakes until it turns nutty and fragrant makes the finishing drizzle so much more than just melted butter.

Total time

40 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

vegetarianvegan

Ingredients

400gred lentils, rinsed

1large onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

1 tspcumin

1 tspcoriander

1/2 tspturmeric

1/2 tspsmoked paprika

1.2Lvegetable stock

2 tbspolive oil

juice of 1lemon

3 tbspbutter

1 tspchilli flakes for topping

saltto taste

Instructions

Sauté onion and garlic in oil. Add spices. Cook 1 minute.

Add lentils and stock. Simmer 25 minutes until lentils are dissolved.

Blend smooth. Add lemon. Season.

Brown butter with chilli flakes.

Serve soup with chilli butter drizzled over.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

289

Protein

11.2g

Fat

16.4g

Carbs

27.5g

Fiber

9.1g

Sodium

1147mg

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