🍲 Red Lentil Soup with Cumin

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Express red lentil soup with cumin and paprika. Red lentils cook in 15 minutes with no soaking; perfect for winter.

⏱️ 25 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Easy🔥 499 kcal per serving💪 29 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 200 g red lentils
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 700 ml vegetable stock
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • 2 1/4 tsp olive oil

Method, step by step

  1. Finely dice the onion and carrot.
  2. Sauté in olive oil over medium heat 3 min.
  3. Add the rinsed red lentils, the cumin and paprika; stir 1 min.
  4. Pour in the vegetable stock, bring to the boil and simmer 12 min until the lentils are very tender.
  5. Mash lightly with a ladle to thicken and adjust the salt.

Nutritional information (per serving)

499
kcal
29 g
protein
77 g
carbs
8 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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