Easy lentil soup

in Natural Medicine3 years ago (edited)

Hello beautiful foodies! Lentil soup is one of the easiest and simplest to do dish, and a staple food in our household. There are different types of lentils and the ways to cook it.

Today I am going to share, how I cook my lentils. Beforehand, I would like to thank @justinParke @riverflows and to all the team of #naturalmedicine for this beautiful chance that we are able to share and learn different foods in the world.

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Ingredients:

Lentils
Sweet potatoes (depends how many you put
Tomatoes 2pcs. Med.
Onion 1pc.
Green Chile 2pcs.

For tempering

Coarse Cumin seeds 1/2 tspn
Garlic 3-4 pcs.
Dried chili 3 pcs.
Curry leaves 1sprig

Methods.

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Wash lentils and bring to boil. Cook till soft.

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Add in turmeric powder.

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Add in onion and tomatoes.

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Put to lid. Cook tomatoes and onions for 5 Min.

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The tomatoes are cooked. Add in sweet potatoes.

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I often add sweet potatoes for extra sweetness in my lentils.

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Add in green chili and salt. Put to lid cook sweet potatoes till soft.

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Mean, heat oil in a pan, splutter cumin seeds, dried chili, curry leaves & garlic fry for 2min. In low fire.

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Pour in tempered seasonings to lentil.
Stir, Simmer for few minutes.

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Add in coriander leaves. Stir. Then switch off flame.

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And your lentil soup is ready.

***This is my entry to the weekly Power Plant challenge in #naturalmedicine
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Thank you very much for dropping by! Stay healthy and safe!

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 3 years ago  

What a beautiful and appetizing dish. You can never add too many curry leaves for me.

Thanks for sharing this with us and participating in the Plant Power Cooking Challenge | Week #2.


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It's my pleasure to join in #Plant power cooking contest.
Thank you very much for the support #naturalmedine !

Well done @shielashraf, your soup sounds so full of flavour! Nice meeting you 😊

Congratulations!
Thank you very much @lizelle
Nice meeting you too