Chinese Cabbage and Lentil Soup
- 100 grams brown lentils
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This ingredient is currently available from seasonal local productionWhere can I buy it locally?Storage tip
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.
Foodsave tip
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.
- 100 grams Chinese cabbage
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This ingredient is currently available from seasonal local productionWhere can I buy it locally? - 1 tablespoon lemon juice
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This ingredient is currently available from foreign productionWhere can I buy it locally? - 1 potato
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Raw potatoes are best stored in dark and dry places at 6 to 10 degrees Celsius and away from ripe fruits. Cooked potatoes and potato puree can be stored in the fridge for around 3 days.
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
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Wash 100 grams brown lentils and add them to a large saucepan |
Prepare 0.75 litre vegetable stock according to instructions on packaging |
Peel 1 small fresh onion and cut the onion into cubes of around 1 cm |
Peel 1 carrot and 1 potato and cut them into pieces of around 1 cm |
Add the stock to the saucepan and bring it to a boil over high heat |
Turn down the heat to medium and simmer the brown lentils for about 12 minutes |
Add 1 tablespoon sunflower oil to a medium-sized frying pan and heat up over high heat until the oil is hot |
Add the onion cubes to the frying pan and sauté them over medium heat for about 3 minutes until golden brown |
Add the carrot and potato to the frying pan and fry them for about 5 minutes |
Wash 100 grams Chinese cabbage, cut it into thin slices and then into pieces of around 2 cm |
Add the carrot potato mixture and the Chinese cabbage to the saucepan with the lentils and cook them for about 12 minutes |
Peel and grate 1 centimetre fresh ginger |
Add the grated ginger and 1 tablespoon lemon juice to the lentils soup and simmer for another 3 minutes |
Serve the Chinese cabbage and lentil soup in soup plates |