Carrot-Lentil Soup

A delicious, flavorful soup with healthy lentils. It can be quickly made and works great as a starter!Carrot-LentilSoup_Finished

Preparation time: 15 min + Cooking time: 40 min = Total time: 55 min

Ingredients
1 bunch of coriander leaves
2 onions, finely chopped
2 tb. olive oil
4 cloves of garlic
1 chili, finely chopped
500g carrots, in slices
200g red lentils (dried)
3 ts. coriander (ground)
1 ts. cardamom (ground)
3 ts. cumin (ground)
1500ml vegetable stock
250ml coconut milk
pepper
salt

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Simple Steps to Succeed

  1. Remove the leaves of the coriander stem. You will need both, stem and leaves.Coriander_Leaves_and_Stem
  2. Brown the onions using the olive oil.
  3. Add the garlic, chili and coriander stems. Stir, lightly fry and salt.
  4. Add the carrots, lentils, 2 ts. of coriander, 1 ts. of cardamom, 2 ts. of cumin and grated coconut. Stir and lightly fry.
  5. Deglaze with vegetable stock.
  6. In a blender, puree the coriander leaves with 100ml of coconut milk. Add salt and pepper. Season to taste  about 1 ts. of coriander and 1 ts. of cumin.
  7. When the lentils are soft-boiled, blend in a blender (or a hand blender), then add the rest of the coconut milk.
  8. Garnish the plates with the coriander-coconut froth.

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