How to Make Appetizing Spicy Lentil Soup

Spicy Lentil Soup. In a small skillet, heat oil over medium heat. This spicy lentil soup is a flavorful and hearty one-pot dinner! You don't need to add a thing but your favorite pita or freshly-baked bread.

Lightly brown the onions in the oil. Add the tomatoes, chili pepper, lentils, cumin and basil to the pan along with the water. Here is the step-by-step for today's Spicy Spinach Lentil Soup. You can have Spicy Lentil Soup using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Spicy Lentil Soup

1. It's 2 Cups of Lentils (pre-soaked overnight).
2. You need 1 of diced onion.
3. It's 1 of chopped tomato.
4. It's 2 of garlic cloves.
5. Prepare of Grated ginger paste.
6. Prepare 2 of whole chillies.
7. Prepare of Mustard seeds.
8. You need of Cumin seeds.
9. Prepare sticks of Cinnamon.
10. You need of Rosemary.
11. Prepare of Thyme.
12. You need of Salt.
13. You need 5 tablespoons of Olive/Coconut oil.
14. You need 4 cups of water.

Add the chopped onions and sautee until golden brown. Add the garlic, all the spices, dried mint, sugar and flour. Soup is one of my favorite comfort foods. Most soups take only a few minutes to prepare and then a little time to simmer.

Spicy Lentil Soup instructions

1. Heat 4 tablespoons of oil and add the diced onions, ginger paste, garlic and chillies, stir till golden brown..
2. Add Lentils and Rosemary/ Thyme, and continue to stir for 5 min.
3. Add tomato and cover for 5 min, when tomato is really soft, stir so that everything mixes evenly..
4. Then add the 4 cups of water. And leave to boil for 20 min.
5. In separate pan, heat one tablespoon of oil, add mustard seeds, wait for them to pop, then add cumin seeds and cinnamon sticks..
6. Add above mixture to the pot with the lentils and leave to continue boiling for 1hr 10min..
7. If water is done and the lentils are still a little hard, add more water and continue to boil until the lentils are soft.
8. Leave to boil until contents of the pot are thick and not runny....
9. Garnish with Rosemary/ Thyme....
10. Enjoy :).

I often make and take homemade soup to friends who are in need of a bit of comforting. This one makes four small servings, and is perfect for vegetarians and spice lovers. Scoop out about half with a spoon and set aside. Lentil soup is quite possibly the least sexy sounding soup on the planet. Regular readers know that I'm all about big flavours.

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