Description
Easy-to-make lentil soup from your dry lentils at home and a few ingredients.
Ingredients
Scale
- ¾ cup dried yellow lentils uncooked
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 4 cups vegetable stock/broth
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- salt to taste
- 1/2 cup cream
For garnishing (optional)
- Chopped fresh parsley or coriander
- toasted black seeds and chili flakes
Instructions
- Pre-boil lentils with water until they are soft, adding water as necessary to prevent them from being burned. Set aside.
- Sautee onion in cooking oil and cook until softened.
- Stir in lentils, vegetable stock, and cumin, and let boil.
- Reduce heat to medium or low. Simmer until the lentils are cooked, about 10 minutes.
- Puree with a hand blender or with a food processor. Add more water, if desired. Add cream, and stir for a few seconds.
- Serve soup in bowls, topping with chopped fresh parsley or coriander, black seeds, and chili flakes, if using