Egyptian Red Lentil Soup

By Vickie

This soup is a good one but for our family, we double the recipe we love to eat.

Ingredients

• 5 C vegetable broth or 5 C water
• 1 C dried red lentils
• 2 C chopped onions
• 2 C chopped potatoes
• 8 garlic cloves, peeled and left whole
• 1 TBS. canola oil
• 2 tsp. ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp. tumeric
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/3 C chopped fresh cilantro
• 3 TBS. fresh lemon juice
• salt and pepper

Preparation

Step 1

1. Addd first 5 ingredients to a large pot; cover and bring to a boil.
2. Lower heat and simmer 15-20 min. or until the lentils and veggies are tender.
3. Take pot from stove burner and set aside
4. In a small saucepan, add the oil; warm over low heat until the oil is hot but now smoking.
5. Add cumin, tumeric, and salt; cook and stir constantly for 2-3 min. or until the cumin has relased its frgrance (be careful not to scorch the spices)
6. Set spice mixture aside for 1 min. to cool.
7. Stir spice mixture into the lentil mixture; add cilantro, stir to combine.
8. Puree the soup.
9. Add in lemon juice; stir to combine.