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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We really enjoyed this soup. Very yummy on a cold night.. thankyou..
I am obsessed with all your recipes and both of your cookbook are covered in food because I have used them so much. But this recipe is actually my fave! So so so so delicious and nurturing. As someone said above it’s like a big bear hug!
This soup is like a nourishing big bear hug. It fills you and warms you, and you can’t help but feel comforted with every mouthful.
This is so delicious with fresh bread or mashed potato!
I just made this delicious soup. I used red lentils because i had them and they dont need soaking…i used a half jar of Pasata (about 300g) and added water to that to make up the 800g…so didnt need the tomato paste….used homemade stock paste from basic cook book ….and i have eaten nearly the whole lot….thank you it is a really great soup (meal)..
Such a fantastically delicious soup. Leftovers did not stay around long enough for me to get any. Hungry teenage boy had it for snacks and lunch. Will definitely be making this again 🙂
I’m sitting here trying to figure out where the deliciousness came from?!? Witchcraft!! As a total lentil novice I could never have imagined they’d be so tasty, so thank you!
Also – as a side note, does the white sweet potato play a special role? I could only source orange so I subbed that instead.
Orange sweet potato is fine, I’ve even used regular potato in its place. I’m so glad you like it so much!
I’ve had a run of bad luck with dried legumes recently. 🙁 I made this today with green lentils, soaked them for 3.5 hours before draining and adding to the tmx but after cooking they were still crunchy (temp was definitely on, the liquid was bubbling and steaming). I gave them another 10 minutes at 100ºC then let them sit in the thermoserver for about 15 minutes which helped a bit, but I was too hungry to wait any longer. 😉 Still delicious though!
I made this as my mum’s first thermomix meal and her first exclamation was ‘what a delicious hearty soup’. She now has your blog information and no doubt will be cooking up a Thermobexta storm in no time!
Excellent to hear! Thanks for recommending me to her 🙂
Thanks again Bec!!
Made this yesterday with a couple of variations to suit what was in the fridge.
No cayenne pepper either, but miss vego loved it, and we will both enjoy for lunch today