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Spiced Red Lentil Soup
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
1
Sauté onion and garlic in oil. Add spices. Cook 1 minute.
2
Add lentils and stock. Simmer 25 minutes until lentils are dissolved.
3
Blend smooth. Add lemon. Season.
4
Brown butter with chilli flakes.
5
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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