Packed full of veggies and goodness, this spicy lentil soup is so easy to make, and full of deliciousness! Comforting and warm, this recipe is one of my favourites!
So confession time, I made this recipe ages ago and posted in on my old blog. Fast forward one year of blogging and I realised just how much my old photos sucked!
So I’m being honest here – I’m recreating some of my favourite recipes for you guys, complete with photography do overs and new content.
I just couldn’t bring myself to post sub-standard recipes, so I’ve decided every week or second week, I am going to republish some of my old favourites and fix things up a little bit!
This post was originally going to be for chocolate chip cookies, for a more Valentine’s Day feel, but I’m pretty sure I missed an ingredient when I wrote it down in my old recipe book, because they did not turn out how they were supposed to! So I’m awaiting an urgent reply from my dear Mum so help me solve the shitty cookies!
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How to Make Spicy Lentil Soup
So back to this spicy lentil soup! This soup is a favourite of ours, one that I make a lot during the Winter time. I found in a really old CSIRO health cookbook way back, and have remodeled and adjusted it over the years.
I’ve made it for friends, family and usually for a quick, easy dinner – it never gets old.
This soup is packed full of veggies and protein from the lentils, and you can literally just leave it once it’s simmering, stirring once in a while. Plenty of extra time for chilling on the couch watching Netflix, or in my case, blogging and baking bad cookies!
This spicy lentil soup is enough for 2 hungry people, or 2 regular people and whoever shot guns leftovers the next day! Serve with Greek yoghurt, crusty bread and butter and a sprinkle of coriander/cilantro! Perfection! This soup is also vegan if you skip out on the greek yogurt to serve too!
So Happy Valentine’s Day friends, and no I won’t be posting any Valentine’s Day recipes, because I’m a Valentine’s Day grinch! But, keep your eyes glued for a potential sneaky wedding photo! We are starting to get some back, and I am SO DARN EXCITED!! – Georgie x
Spicy Lentil Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 celery stick, diced
- 1 red onion, finely diced
- 2 garlic clove , finely diced
- 1/2 cup lentils, note 1
- 2 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp ground chili powder
- 2 tsp ground garam masala
- 14.5 oz can tomatoes
- 2 cups water
- 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt, to serve
- 2 tsp Coriander/cilantro, roughly chopped (to serve)
- 1 tsp salt, to taste
- 1 tsp pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
- Add the diced onion, carrot and celery and fry until onion is soft - about 5 minutes.
- Next, add the spiced, garlic, ginger and lentils and stir until combined and fragrant 1-2 minutes.
- Finally add the tin of tomato and water and stir.
- Bring soup to the boil, then simmer uncovered for 20-30 minutes or until thick.
- Season with salt and pepper and serve with a dollop of greek yoghurt and coriander.
I’ve tried so many healthy and “weird” foods, but I just tried lentils for the first time the other day! Kind of hard to believe haha. This soup looks absolutely delicious!
I’m planning to do a soup recipe round-up on my blog in November. Could I include this one? I’ll just use one photo and link back to your blog, of course.
Hey Ashley! We love lentils – now that we are trying to be a little more vegetarian we are eating them all the time! For sure, I’d love to collab with you – I’d love to return the favour too – collabing something would be great! our email is on our Insta page, we should talk about it 🙂
Sounds perfectly cozy and delicious, girl! Love the garam masala!
thanks Rebecca! it’s def a goodie! perfect for the miserable weather we are having here!