Spicy lentil soup recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Although they're an often overlooked pantry staple, we love lentils - they're so versatile and so tasty. Make this creamy soup, lightly spiced with cumin and coriander as a lunch or light dinner. Stir through a dollop of crème fraîche before serving and top with herby coriander leaves.
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- 10 mins to prepare and 20 mins to cook
- 401 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 2 celery sticks, roughly chopped
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp ground coriander
- 160g dried split red lentils
- 1 vegetable stock cube, made up to 1 litre
- 400g plum tomatoes
- 2 tsp tomato purée
- crème fraiche, to serve
- coriander leaves, to serve
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- Energy
- 1695kJ 401.0kcal
- Fat
- 9g
- Saturates
- 2g
- Salt
- 4.8g
- Sugars
- 13g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 60.8gProtein 23.4gFibre 13.6g
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- Heat the olive oil on a low heat and add the onion, celery and dry spices to the pan. Cook for 3 minutes. Add the plum tomatoes, tomato purée, lentils and stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 20 mins, or until the lentils are tender. Remove from the heat, blitz in a food processor and check seasoning. Serve with a dollop of crème fraîche and a handful of coriander leaves.
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