LENTIL SOUP
1 hour cooking time
LENTIL SOUP
Method
1
Wash the lentils.
2
Peel and cut the potatoes, carrots and onions into similarly-sized cubes.
3
Put the butter in a pan to heat.
4
Add the lentils, potatoes, carrots, onion, turmeric and cumin and mix everything together.
5
Add the boiled water and let it simmer slowly for about 45 minutes.
Meanwhile make the croutons.
6
Pull the bread into small pieces. Melt the butter in a bowl and pour over the bread. Sprinkle with salt, and put it in the oven 200C/180C fan/gas mark 6 for about 8 minutes until crisp.
7
Now lightly mix the soup all together with a blender, but leaving it chunky and coarse.
8
Return the mix to the pot again and add salt and pepper then stir.
9
Then pour your soup into a bowl and garnish with your sourdough croutons and coriander.
