Indian soup

Simple vegetables recipes for everyone

Type

  • Serves: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Preparation time: 10 min
  • Cooking time: 25 min

Ingredient

1 leek, 1 carrot, 125g lentils, 300g pumkin, 1 zucchini, 1 can of tomatoes, some peas, olive oil, garlic, curry powder, bay leaf, 3/4 litre vegetable stock.

 

Recipe

Heat the oil in a large sauce pan. Cut the leek in small slices and the carrot in dices, and add them to the oil. Cook it for a few minutes. Add garlic and curry powder (about 1 tea spoon). Heat for 1 minute. Add the vegetable stock, the bay leaf, and the lentils. Cook for 10 minutes. Add the zucchini and the pumkin in dices, and the tomatoes. Add water (200 to 500 ml depending of the quantity of soup needed). Cook another 10 minutes. Add the peas, and when all the vegetables are smooth, it's ready.

Serve in individual plates, with fresh cut coriander

Tip

To go with these complete soup: in a bowl, pour a liquid youghurt, and add garlic, salt, pepper and coriander.

Nutrition facts

This soup brings you:

Proteins from lentils
Dietary fibres from lentils and vegetables
Vitamins from vegetables

Expert advice

The Indian soup, including lentils ans vegetables, can be a main course dish. It can be eaten as a well balanced meal.