Spicy tomato & lentil soup
Spice up a simple tomato soup recipe with chilli and paprika, then serve with a dollop of sour cream and chive dip and warm crusty bread
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 30-40mins
Serves: 4-6
Per serving:
Energy (kcal): 454
Fat (g): 25.9
of which saturates (g): 12.4
Total sugars (g): 12.4
Salt (g): 1.24
This recipes proves almost the full GDA of Vitamin C
What you need:
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 15ml/1tbsp ground paprika
- 5ml/1tsp crushed chilli flakes
- 175g/6oz red lentils
- 1 (800g) can chopped tomatoes
- 1.15lt/2pts vegetable or chicken stock
- 30ml/2tbsp chopped fresh coriander
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (200g) pot of fresh sour cream and chive dip
- crusty bread to serve
What you do:
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the onion and pepper and cook over a gentle heat for 6-8mins or until pale golden. Add the garlic, paprika and chilli and stir for 30 seconds.
- Stir in the lentils, tomatoes and stock. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 30 mins or until the lentils are really tender and beginning to break up.
- Stir in the coriander and adjust the seasoning to taste.
- Blend the soup in a food processor or with a hand held blender until just smooth. Serve ladled into bowls topped with a dollop of sour cream and chive dip.
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