🍲 Egyptian Red Lentil Soup

The soup that hugs you back when nobody else will.

• 45 minTotal time
• ⚡ Quick & easyDifficulty
• 260kcal
• 4Portions

• 🥦 Vegetarian
• 🍲 Soup
• 🇪🇬 Egyptian
• 💸 Budget
• 🤗 Comfort food
• 🪶 Light

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups red lentils, rinsed
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 medium carrot, diced
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 1 tbsp butter or ghee
• 6 cups water or vegetable stock
• Salt and black pepper to taste
• Juice of half a lemon

How to make it

1. Melt the butter in a pot and sauté the onion until translucent
2. Add garlic and carrot and stir for a minute
3. Add the lentils and water, bring to a boil
4. Lower the heat and simmer for 25-30 minutes until lentils fall apart
5. Blend with an immersion blender until smooth
6. Stir in cumin, salt and pepper, and heat through for 2 more minutes
7. Serve hot with a squeeze of lemon and crispy bread