Spicy red lentil soup

Wholesome heart warming soup

Ingredients

• 150g Red lentils
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes (drained- empty into seive and water down)
• 1 tbsp Chilli powder
• 1 finely chopped onion
• 1 grated courgette
• 1 grated carrot
• 3 pints of vegetable stock

Instructions

STEP 1:

Serves 4: Prep time 10 mins: Cooking time 1hour 10 mins

STEP 2:

1)Add onion, grated carrot and onion plus chiili powder to a large deep pan

STEP 3:

2)Add a splash of the veg stock to the pan and cook gently for 5 mins stirring continuously

STEP 4:

3)Add in drained chopped tomatoes, stir and then add in lentils

STEP 5:

4)Stir well making sure lentils are distributed evenly throughout mixture

STEP 6:

5)After a minute or two of stiring add in the stock and leave to boil (turn heat up)

STEP 7:

6)Once boiling immediately reduce heat to simmer (lowest setting)

STEP 8:

7)Stir once then cover with lid

STEP 9:

8)Leave to simmer for 1 hour

STEP 10:

9)After one hour take the soup off the heat and blend with a blender (hand held/ machine) until smooth

STEP 11:

10)Ladel soup into 4 bowls and serve with wholemeal bread and season with pepper

STEP 12:

ENJOY 😀

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