Lentil Soup from Ricardo

Boomette's Note:

A recipe from Ricardo. That recipe may be frozen.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 onions , chopped finely
• 2 garlic cloves , chopped finely
• ½ teaspoon curry powder (I used cumin)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 carrots , peeled, diced finely (I used 3 carrots)
• 5 cups chicken stock or 5 cups vegetable stock
• ¾ cup red lentil , rinsed
• hot pepper paste (I used Sambal Oelek) or harissa (I used Sambal Oelek)
• salt and pepper (I didn't add salt)

Directions:

1. In a casserole, brown onions, garlic and curi powder or cumin in oil.
2. Add carrots and sauté 1 minute.
3. Add remaining ingredients.
4. Bring to boil, cover and let simmer slowly 10 minutes.
5. Adjust seasoning.

Reviews

[rosslare]

So flavorful and simple red lentil soup! I have very hot berber harissa, so only 1 teaspoon did the trick.

[Lalaloula]

Mmm, this soup was so hearty, spicy and yummy! It had a lovely carrot-curry taste with lots of heat from the harissa paste (I used 1/2 ts). Just perfect on this cold autumn day! Due to WRC's comment, I only used 4 cups of stock, which made for a nice chunky soup. I think 5 would have been alright, though, too. I cant wait to make this again as it really warms you through. THANKS SO MUCH for sharing this superb recipe with us, Boomie! Made and reviewed for Everyday Is A Holiday Tag Game Octobre 09.

[White Rose Child]

This soup was fast and simple, I'll certainly say that for it. The problems I had are that it turned out quite watery- usually lentil soups are thick and filling, but this one seemed to have too much liquid- and didn't have much flavor. Maybe it's because I didn't have Sambal Oelek, I just added tabasco. However, I had also used a lot of extra garlic and tripled the curry powder, plus some added cumin. I still had to sprinkle more curry powder into each bowlful. In short, this is not really to my taste, but lots of others obviously love it, so I'd never say it's a bad recipe! :-D