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    Published: Feb 21, 2010 · Modified: Oct 1, 2020 by usha

    Lentils Vegetable Soup

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    Back in November, I was looking at EC's light meals round-up and Sayantani's soup caught my eye. The recipe looked simple and very tempting. It had lots of vegetables and lentils, and looked light. I bookmarked the recipe and was looking for a perfect time to try it out.  

    Made the recipe on a cold Fall evening for dinner.  I had 2 bowls of soup that night and 2 more the following day for lunch. It was delicious.  Since then, I made it 3-4 times and simply love it.  Thanks Sayantani, for sharing this recipe!

    The first time I made the soup, I followed the recipe  exactly as given, except for the bell peppers, which I did not use.  As I made it more often, I stopped following the recipe as give and  started tweaking it as per my liking.  

    The only reason for tweaking the recipe was, once I knew how to prepare it and the ingredients used, I stopped referring back to the recipe each time I made it.  I started adding ingredients without measuring them, as I normally do when I cook. Hence the recipe or the quantity of the ingredients differ from the original recipe.  

    I also liked the flavor and the taste of vegetables in the soup and ended up adding more veggies to it.  In my altered recipe, you would find lot of veggies in the soup and if you do not like so many veggies, adjust them to your liking.  

    Also, I use extra dal in the recipe than required.  There is always a layer of dal at the bottom of the soup pot.  It tastes perfect the way it is and don't want to adjust the quantity of dal, even though there is some left over dal after finishing the soup.  

    Lentils & Vegetable Soup.

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    Lentils Vegetable Soup

    Masoor dal (red lentils) with vegetables is a filling and hearty soup for warm cold days. It is a vegan and a filling meal.
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    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: Indian Cuisine
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 3
    Calories: 76kcal
    Author: usha

    Ingredients

    • ⅛ cup Masoor Dal Red Lentils
    • 1 small Tomato
    • 1 cube Chicken flavor Bouillon can use any flavor
    • 4-5 small White Mushrooms diced or approx. ¾ cup diced mushrooms
    • ½ Carrot cut into desired size or ⅙ cup cut carrots little less than ¼ cup
    • 5 String Beans cut into small pieces or ⅙ cup cut carrots little less than ¼ cup
    • ¾ chopped Spinach loosely packed
    • ¾ teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
    • 1 small Onion diced
    • 1-2 teaspoon Oil
    • 1 teaspoon Ginger Garlic paste
    • pinch of Turmeric
    • 3 – 4 cups water i used 3 cups

    Instructions

    • Wash and cook masoor dal in 1 ½ – 2 cups of water. This should take about 15 – 20 minutes. I didn’t check the time when I cooked it. This dal cooks very fast, unlike toor dal.
    • Add tomatoes and water and bring it to a boil. This should take about 5 minutes.
    • Add cube of stock bouillon and continue to boil it for another couple of minutes. If you don’t have bouillon, you can use stock cube or skip it all together. Or instead of water, substitute it with stock.
    • Add diced mushrooms and continue to boil it for about 5 minutes.
    • Add carrots and beans and cook for another 2 minutes.
    • Add spinach and continue cooking.
    • Meantime heat a small pan with oil and onions, ginger garlic paste and pinch of turmeric.
    • Add this tempering to the soup.
    • Boil it for couple of minute and turn of the heat. Can add cilantro to it . I forgot to do so today.
    • I don’t like over cooked, mushy vegetables. If you feel the vegetables are raw, boil the soup for few more minutes.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 76kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 16mg | Potassium: 367mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2133IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. Poonam says

      February 22, 2010 at 4:43 pm

      Wow, what a healthy soup! Loved the paneer kababs and khasta kachoris too!

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    2. usha says

      February 22, 2010 at 12:01 pm

      This soup sounds like a powerhouse of nutrition. Looks very inviting and yum, thanks for sharing this wonderful creation with the Healthy Inspirations event !

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    3. Sayantani says

      February 22, 2010 at 11:19 am

      Thanks dear for trying this recipe and refering my URL. your version looks perfect and adding chicken stripes sounds great. would also try that for my Hubby dearest.

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    4. notyet100 says

      February 22, 2010 at 12:11 am

      this looks so comforting,..;-)

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