Name: Spiced vegetable soup with red lentils
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ingredients
Ingredients: 200 g broccoli; 45 ml vegetable oil; 3 red chillies deseeded and finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 5 ml cumin seeds; 15 ml garam masala; 3 onion chopped; 200 g carrots peeled and cubed; 100 g leeks washed and sliced; 200 g celery sliced; 100 g red lentils uncooked and rinsed; 2 bay leaves; 1 l water; 2 knorr vegetable stock pot; 100 g baby spinach; salt to taste; pepper to taste; 1/2 lemon juice only; Greek yoghurt

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Ingredients (19)

200 g	broccoli
45 ml	vegetable oil
3	red chillies — deseeded and finely chopped
3	garlic — cloves, finely chopped
5 ml	cumin — seeds
15 ml	garam masala
3	onion — chopped
200 g	carrots — peeled and cubed
100 g	leeks — washed and sliced
200 g	celery — sliced
100 g	red lentils — uncooked and rinsed
2	bay leaves
1 l	water
2	knorr vegetable stock pot
100 g	baby spinach
	salt — to taste
	pepper — to taste
1/2	lemon — juice only
	Greek yoghurt

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Method:

First blanch the broccoli. Break the heads into florets and slice the stalks. Cook in boiling salted water for a few minutes, or until bright green and just tender. Plunge into cold water to ‘set’ the colour, then drain and set aside.

Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the red chillies and garlic, and cook gently for 1 minute.

Stir in the cumin seeds and garam masala, and cook for another minute.

Now add the onion, carrot, leek, celery, lentils and bay leaves to the pan. Pour in the water and add the two KNORR Vegetable Stock Pots.

Bring to a boil, turn down the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes, or until the lentils are cooked.

Scoop one quarter of the cooked veggies and lentils out of the pot and set them aside in a bowl (you’ll return them to the pot once you’ve liquidised the soup).

Using a stick blender or food processor, whizz the remaining soup left in the pot until smooth. Now tip the cooked veggies and lentils you set aside back into the pot, along with the spinach leaves and the blanched broccoli.

Simmer for a few more minutes, or until the broccoli is tender and the spinach has wilted.

Season to taste with salt and black pepper.

Just before you serve the soup, add a squeeze of lemon juice for freshness. Serve piping hot with dollops of Greek yoghurt.