Quick, healthy and delicious soup prepared with lentils and dried red peppers.
Servings : 4to 6 serves
Prep Time 5 minutesmins
Cook Time 30 minutesmins
Total Time 35 minutesmins
Ingredients
8oz.lentils
2sweet red dried peppers
1large onionquartered
3clovesgarlicquartered
6cupsvegetable broth or water
salt and pepper to taste
1teaspoondried rosemary
2tablespoonsolive oil
1tablespooncayenne pepper
Instructions
In a large soup pot, add in the lentils, peppers, onions and garlic.
Pour in the water, set it over high heat and bring to a boil.
Lower it to medium-low heat and let it simmer for 15 minutes.
Ladle out some lentils and all of the red peppers into a bowl; season with salt, pepper, and rosemary. Mash it all with a fork and return to the pot. Make sure that you’ve mashed up the red peppers.
Continue to simmer for 10 more minutes.
In a separate sauce-pan heat up the oil over medium heat. The oil is ready when bubbles create around a wooden spoon.
Stir the cayenne pepper into the heated oil and stir continuously for until well combined and fragrant.
Stir the cayenne pepper mixture into the soup and let simmer for another 5 minutes.
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.