Spiced Red Lentil Soup

OK so this could easily be 'very thin and runny dhal' but somehow it's not. It's a soup in it's own right and delicious.

You need
1 onion, roughly chopped
1 cup red lentils
1 tin toms
1 litre stock
1 tbsp curry powder/garam masala

Saute the onion in some oil for a few mins. Then add the curry powder/garam masala. Cook for a further few mins to take away the cupboard taste. Add the lentils and stock and simmer for 20 mins or so. Blitz and serve with naan or crusty french bread. Don't forget to add some nutritional yeast too to add further depth of flavour!

Green Lentil Soup

I love soup, and we do tend to eat a lot of it. It's cheap, quick and easy to make and I can also hide all manner of veggies in it that Lex might not otherwise eat! We often have soups made from pulses, and this is a very tasty one using green lentils.

You need
2 onions, sliced
175g green lentils
1 litre veggie stock (use a light one or it'll overpower the lentils and spices)
1 tsp tumeric
small handful of corriander, roughly chopped

Begin by sauteeing the onions in some oil for a few mins. Then add the lentils and stock/tumeric. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 mins or so until the lentils are tender.

Blitz with a stick blender (or leave chunky) and serve with the corriander scattered on the top.

If you want to serve a spiced butter with it, then blend 1 clove garlic into 50g butter and add 1 tsp paprika, cumin seeds and chilli to it. Chill to re-set and then slice into the soup and let it melt. Very good with soft naan. Yummy!