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Red Lentil Soup

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  • Brief Description

    A thick golden soup spiced with coriander, cumin and garlic. Delicious on a cold winter day.

  • Main Ingredient

    Red Lentils

  • Category:  Soups

  • Cuisine:  American

  • Prep Time:  15 min(s)

  • Cook Time:  120 min(s)

  • Recipe Type:  Public

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  • Notes:

    This freezes well.

  • Posted By:  jann

  • Posted On:  Nov 18, 2013

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Ingredients:

  1. 2 1/2 cups - Red Lentils sorted and rinsed
  2. 10 cups - Cold Water
  3. 1 1/2 teaspoons - Sea Salt
  4. 4 cloves - Garlic minced
  5. 1 1/2 teaspoons - Ground Cumin
  6. 1 tablespoons - Ground Coriander
  7. 1 teaspoons - Turmeric
  8. 2 tablespoons - Olive Oil
  9. - Lemon Wedges optional

Directions:

Place lentils and water in a large pot, bring to boil then turn heat down to simmer - covered. In a small pan cook garlic, cumin and coriander in the olive oil about 30 seconds to get a yellow sauce. Add this to the soup pot along with turmeric and salt. Continue simmering soup till thick and creamy (about 2 hours total time). Serve with optional lemon wedges.


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