Red Lentil Soup with Coconut Milk and Chilli

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  • 400 milliliter Water
  • 400 milliliter Coconut Milk
  • 2 gram Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Coconut Oil
  • 0.75 piece Red Lentils
  • 1 teaspoon Curry Powder
  • 1 piece Shallots

Step-by-step method

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This creamy, warming soup comes together in just 35 minutes with a simple workflow of sautéing aromatics and simmering red lentils until silky. The trickiest part is blanching the lentils three times upfront—it removes their funky smell and makes for a noticeably better end result. Everything else is straightforward: simmer with coconut milk and curry paste, then taste and adjust the seasoning to your liking.

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    Chop and sauté the onion

    Finely chop the onion. Heat a teaspoon of coconut oil in a pot, and once it's really hot, add the onion and sauté until golden.

    Ingredients

    • 1 piece Shallots
    • 1 teaspoon Coconut Oil
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    Blanch the lentils

    Meanwhile, put 3/4 of the bag of red lentils into another pot. Pour over boiling water and stir. Drain the water and repeat twice more (this blanches the lentils and gets rid of their faint smell).

    Ingredients

    • 0.75 piece Red Lentils
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    Add the water

    Tip the lentils into the pot with the sautéed onion and pour in a mugful of hot water.

    Ingredients

    • 200 milliliter Water

Red Lentil Soup with Coconut Milk and Chilli

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Active time total 35 min
Prep 7 min Cook 28 min

7 Ingredients

5 Steps

Medium Difficulty
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About this recipe

This soup is heavenly. I first tasted it at a farmers' market and knew right then I had to make it myself. I didn't even bother looking up a recipe – I just grabbed the red lentils from the cupboard and started cooking. And the result was more than impressive.

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