Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, thick carrot and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Thick carrot and lentil soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Thick carrot and lentil soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook thick carrot and lentil soup using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Thick carrot and lentil soup:

1. Prepare 4 medium carrots
2. Get 1 large onion
3. Make ready 3 clove of garlic
4. Take 1 tbsp veg oil
5. Take 1 pints water or veg stock (approx)
6. Prepare 2 cup red lentils
7. Make ready 1 tsp butter (optional)
8. Take 1 salt and pepper to taste
9. Get 1/4 tsp turmeric (optional)
10. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground coriander (optional)
11. Prepare 1 pinch ground cumin (optional)

This turned out much better than I expected. This carrot and lentil soup is filled with carrots, lentils, ginger, coriander, cumin, and cilantro. As flavorful as it is healthy. If the consistency is too thick for your liking, just add a little water and blitz again.

Steps to make Thick carrot and lentil soup:

1. Peel and coarsely chop carrots, onion and garlic.
2. Add all to pan with oil and fry for 3-4 mins.
3. Add stock/water and increase heat to boil.
4. Rinse lentils then add to pan.
5. Add spices now if including them.
6. Boil for 10 mins then simmer for 20-30 mins until lentils and carrots are soft and cooked, stirring often.
7. Add butter if you're using it.
8. Depending on how thick you like soup, you may need to add more hot water/stock.
9. Blend until smooth, (season with salt and pepper if required) and serve.

As flavorful as it is healthy. If the consistency is too thick for your liking, just add a little water and blitz again. Reheat over low heat, taste, and adjust the seasoning accordingly. Carrot and lentil soup is a simple, economical and oh so tasty meal - it's also a very filling and satisfying soup. There are so many plus points to this This produces a very thick soup.

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