Red Lentil Soup
- 1 carrot
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Carrots can easily be kept for a week or more in the vegetable drawer of the fridge. Remove the packaging (plastic bags, etc.) before you put them into the fridge. If you want to keep them extra fresh, wrap them in a moist towel.
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You can refresh soft and limp carrots by soaking them in a bowl of cold water for a few hours before eating them. This restores the lost humidity in the carrots, which makes them crisp again.
- 0.5 teaspoon curcuma powder
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The ideal storage temperature for tomatoes is 12 to 16 degrees Celsius. When they are stored in the fridge, the cold temperatures stop the ripening process. This is great to keep ripe tomatoes a bit longer but has some impact on the taste. If you have unripe tomatoes, store them in a warm place with direct sunlight to ripen them.
- 0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper
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Rinse 100 grams red lentils in a sieve with running water until the water runs clear |
Peel 1 fresh onion and 3 cloves fresh garlic, chop the onion finely and grate the garlic |
Peel 1 carrot and cut into pieces of around 0.5 cm |
Wash 2 fresh tomatoes and cut into pieces of around 0.5 cm |
Add 2 teaspoons olive oil to a medium-sized saucepan and heat the oil over medium heat until hot |
Add the onion to the saucepan and sauté on medium heat for around 30 seconds until soft |
Add the garlic, carrot, tomatoes and lentils to the sautéed onion and fry for 3 minutes |
Prepare 500 millilitres vegetable stock according to instructions on packaging |
Stir the stock, hot water and 0.5 teaspoon curcuma powder into the mixture and boil the soup for 2 minutes |
Reduce heat and simmer the soup on low heat for 10 minutes |
Season the lentil soup with 0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper |