Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, cream of lentil soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cream of Lentil soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Cream of Lentil soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cream of lentil soup using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cream of Lentil soup:
Take 75 gm Red lentil/ Mansoor Dal
Prepare 70 gm carrot
Prepare 70 gm White part of green onion
Prepare 1 tsp garlic powder
Get 1/2 tsp ginger powder
Make ready 2 tbsps tomato puree
Get 1 veg stock cube/ bullion
Prepare 1 tsp Veg oil
Make ready 1 tbsp Butter
Get 3-4 Garlic cloves
Make ready 1/4 tsp crushed black pepper
Take 1/4 cup Pumpkin puree (see recipe)
Get 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Get to taste Salt
Get 1/4 cup Fresh cream
Take as needed water
Make ready For Garnishing
Make ready 1/2 tsp Roasted Cummin seeds
Get 1 dollop of butter
Take As needed Green onions
Make ready 1 tsp Green Coriander
Steps to make Cream of Lentil soup:
Wash and soak the Dal/ lentil for a while (5-10 minutes), meanwhile roughly chop all the veggies. Heat oil and butter in a pot and add the chopped garlic and saute it.
Then add the carrot and saute and Cook for about 5 minutes, then add the Dal and mix well, then add ginger garlic and Turmeric powder to it…mix..add the veg stock cube, little salt (as vegstick cube has salt in it) and crushed black pepper too.
Then add the green onion and mix and cook for about 10 minutes (covered)….add water as required and boil and cook everything….add tomato puree too and let it cook for another 20-30 minutes till Dal and veggies gets soft and cooked. Add the pumpkin puree too and cook for another 5 minutes.
Once done, let it cool a bit if you are using mixer grinder to blend it,so that you can handle it, if using an electric hand stick blender wait for 5-10 minutes and then blend it into a smooth mixture of soup.
Check consistency, if required add little water…this is thick creamy consistency soup so don't thin down much. Check salt and add as per taste.Put the pot soup on the flame again and add about 1/4 cup of fresh milk cream and mix well and cook for about 5 minutes…your soup is ready.
Garnish with roasted Cummin seeds, Green onions, chillies and a dollop of butter or more fresh cream (whatever you prefer). Serve hot!!!! Bon Appetit!!!
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