Recipe : Carrot & Lentil Soup

Preparation Time : 45 minutes
Serves : 6

Ingredients :

• Carrots – 4 large

• Red lentils – 200 gms

• Onion – 1

• Garlic- 2 cloves

• Vegetable stock – 1.5 litre

• Sesame oil – 1 tbsp

• Celery sticks - 2

• Salt – to taste

• Freshly ground Black Pepper – to taste

• Fresh Coriander, chopped – 2 tbsp

Method :

• Peel onion and chop roughly. Crush, peel and chop garlic.

• Heat oil in a large saucepan and sauté onion and garlic over a medium heat for 5 minutes or until soft.

• Pour in stock and bring to the boil.

• Trim celery and cut up roughly.

• Scrub carrots, trim ends and cut up roughly. Wash lentils. Add carrots, celery and lentils to stock.

• Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until carrots are cooked.

• Puree soup in a blender or, for a more coarse soup, a food processor.

• Season to taste with salt and pepper.

• Serve hot garnished with coriander.