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Spicy Tomato & Lentil Soup

May 20, 2014 By MariJasmine 6 Comments

Spicy Tomato & Lentil Soup

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting Kuala Lumpur for a couple of days for a quick shoot. I wish I could have stayed longer just to eat some more Malaysian food! I landed in the brand new terminal (KLIA2) which, by the way, is AWESOME. Squeaky clean and spacious, sprawling with shops and restaurants. I could have wondered around for hours. To my delight, I found a juice bar as well as an organic veggie restaurant – where I devoured the best laksa I’ve ever eaten! There was also a great little supermarket filled with all sorts of exotic herbs and spices. I brought a couple back to experiment with, which will hopefully make it on to some recipes soon! I also brought back some lentils, which for some reason, seem to be crazy expensive in Manila. Perhaps I’m not looking in the right places!

Like most of my recipes, this soup doesn’t use any fancy ingredients. Just lentils, some fresh veggies and a few spices. For something so simple, it is bursting with flavour and textures. The chilli, ginger, turmeric and cumin gives the broth so much warmth. If you cook the spinach just enough, you still get an awesome crunchiness from the greens. Of course, the lentils are super creamy and soak up all the wonderful flavours of the other ingredients! Hope you enjoy it.

Mari

Spicy Tomato & Lentil SoupSpicy Tomato & Lentil Soup

Spicy Tomato & Lentil Soup
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
40 mins
 
Serves: 2 small portions
Ingredients
  • ½ cup of lentils
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 cup tightly packed spinach
  • 2 small chillies
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 2cm piece of ginger
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • coconut oil
  • sea salt & white pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Add 1 cup of water to a pan with a pinch of  salt & pepper. Bring to a boil, add the lentils, and simmer until most of the water is absorbed.
  2. Grate the ginger and chop the onion, garlic & 1 chilli.
  3. In another pan, heat up a dash of coconut oil. Sauté the above with the turmeric & cumin for 5 minutes.
  4. Finely chop the tomatoes and add to the pan. Cook for another 5-10 minutes until the tomato begins to break down.
  5. Roughly chop the spinach and add to the rest of the vegetables.
  6. Stir through the cooked lentils and simmer for a few minutes before serving. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
For the garnish I sliced a chilli lengthways, and seared both sides until slightly browned.

If you are sensitive to chilli make sure you take the seeds out!
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Spicy Tomato & Lentil Soup

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  1. search engine says

    September 11, 2014 at 9:59 am

    Hi! I could have sworn I’ve visited your blog before but after browsing through a few
    of the articles I realized it’s new to me.
    Anyhow, I’m certainly happy I stumbled upon it and I’ll be
    bookmarking it and checking back frequently!

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    • MariJasmine says

      September 13, 2014 at 11:22 pm

      thanks!

      Reply
  2. The Steaming Pot says

    October 9, 2014 at 2:23 am

    This is so much like the dal we serve along side Indian meals, the main difference is that I would use a pressure cooker for boiling the lentils (much faster!) along with the turmeric. I love the colors and sound of this dish!

    Reply
    • MariJasmine says

      October 10, 2014 at 7:44 pm

      Thank you! I love dal too 🙂 I don’t have a pressure cooker in my little flat but I hope to get one when I move to a larger space!

      Reply
  3. Ellaine says

    September 20, 2015 at 8:00 pm

    Im surprise to see fellow filipina cooking indian dish. I loved this dish and I learned cooking from my husband which is indian decent. You can also spice it up adding garam masala powder. Soaking lentils will help to speed up cooking process or Pressure cooker is a big help with 4-5 whistles. Keep it up and I just discover your blog and learning a lot new recipes which are very very healthy.

    Reply
  4. Steve says

    March 4, 2017 at 1:50 pm

    Awe! I am a big lover of spice. What else do I need to taste this recipe? Looks delicious and colorful 🙂

    Reply

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