Categories: Soups

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown lentils
• 1 lg yellow onion, diced small
• 2 carrots peeled & diced
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2T fresh ginger
• 10 plum tomatoes chopped
• 1/2 cup tomato paste
• 1 cup veg stock or one cup water & 2 cubes
• 1 cup frozen green peas
• Spices
• 2t cumin
• 2t paprika
• 1t fenugreek (ground)
• 1/2t dried thyme
• 1/4t cardomon
• 1/4t coriander
• 1/8t allspice
• 1/8t ground cloves
• 1/8t cinnamon
• 1/8t cayenne pepper
• 1/2t salt

Directions

1. Boil lentils in large pot – 45mins

2. Saute onions & carrot – 10mins

3. Add garlic ginger & spice blend, Saute 5mins

4. add tomatoes – 5mins

5. add tomato paste & mix

6. add water/stock

7. Simmer till bubbling

8. add lentils and green peas, simmer 15mins

9. Serve w rice, polenta or injera

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