This is such a flavoursome, hearty soup that I hope you enjoy as much as we do. It warms you up from the inside and is perfect for a cold day!
200g dried brown or green lentils
100g leek, sliced into rounds
240g carrots, peeled and diced into bite sized pieces
75g white sweet potato, peeled and diced into bite sized pieces
75g zucchini, diced into bite sized pieces
75g celery, sliced (including some of the leaves, if you have them)
20g ghee (or butter)
20g extra virgin olive oil
150g tomato paste
70g vegetable stock paste
1 large or 2 small dried bay leaves
1 tsp dried thyme
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
800g water
1. Firstly, you will need to soak the lentils. Place them in a bowl and cover generously with water. Leave for 2-3 hours. After this time, drain and rinse thoroughly then you can get started with cooking the soup.
2. Into mixer bowl, place leek, carrots, sweet potato, zucchini, celery, ghee and olive oil. Saute for 15 minutes/100/reverse/speed 1/MC on. Softening the veggies in this way before adding the liquid makes a big difference to the flavour.
3. Add the drained, rinsed lentils, tomato paste, stock paste, bay leaves, thyme, cayenne and enough water to reach the 2L line inside the bowl (approximately 800g water). Cook for 35 minutes/100/reverse/speed soft/MC on, or until lentils are tender.
Check out the improved version of this recipe in my cookbook, Feel Good Food Made Easy.
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Hi, I'm Bec
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So delicious! Perfect for winter, filling and hearty. Thanks Bec
Very yummy and satisfying, thanks for another great recipe
Delicious!! Also unexpectedly very creamy, hubby thought I had added cream. I can’t wait to make it again, maybe tomorrow night! :-). Thanks Bec!
I just made this soup today and it’s delicious! Thank you for a great recipe 🙂
This is the most delicious lentil soup I have ever made! Thankyou Bec.
I made this for dinner on this freezing cold Melbourne night. What a dish! This was fantastic. I used green split peas as that was all I had (didn’t soak beforehand) and it great. Will be making again and again and again. It’s a winner. Love your work Bec 🙂
Wow, as the description says, you will love this hearty, wholesome soup. It was so filling and will become a regular on our winter menus. Even tomato hating hubby loved it, had seconds and asked me to make it again.
I used green lentils (which looked like brown ones) soaked for 2.5hrs, and fresh bay leaf and thyme. It kept warm in my thermoserver for 3 hours so great to make ahead as well.
Thanks once again Bec
So so good…thanks Bec
Huge hit in our house!
I could not stop eating this! It is so easy and so yum.
I had no tomato paste so used Bec’s tomato sauce.
Thanks, Cindy! At least it’s a super healthy thing to eat lots of! So glad you like it 🙂