Spicy lentil and cumin soup

Name: Spicy lentil and cumin soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Boil
Ingredients: 3 Tbs oil; 1 Tbs butter; 2 tsp garlic cloves; 2 onions diced; 3 carrots medium, diced; 500 g lentils red; 1 Tbs cumin ground; 1 Tbs cumin ground; 2 tsp coriander ground; 1 1/2 l stock vegetable; fresh coriander finely chopped; yoghurt plain; baguette

4 servings Prep: 20 mins, Cooking: 2 hrs

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A no-fuss meal with a bit of bite and a whole lot of flavour.

By Food24 September 21 2010

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Ingredients (13)

3 Tbs	oil
1 Tbs	butter
2 tsp	garlic — cloves
2	onions — diced
3	carrots — medium, diced
500 g	lentils — red
1 Tbs	cumin — ground
1 Tbs	cumin — ground
2 tsp	coriander — ground
1 1/2 l	stock — vegetable
	fresh coriander — finely chopped
	yoghurt — plain
	baguette

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Method:

Heat oil and melt butter in a pot.
Brown diced onion and crushed garlic.
Add diced carrots, split red lentils, curry powder, cumin powder,
coriander powder and cook for a further 5 minutes on low heat while
stirring.
Prepare 1.5 L of vegetable stock and add to the mixture.
Add a further 1/2 L of boiling water and bring to the boil.
Simmer on low heat for 1 1/2 – 2 hours while stirring occasionally.
Garnish with fresh coriander and a dollop of plain yoghurt.
Serve with a baguette.

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