Creamy Vegan Red Lentil Soup
This creamy vegan red lentil soup used to be one of the most loved and prepared dishes in our home because it's delicious and easy to make. The recipe is usually slightly different each time, but I tried to write down the tastiest version here. 🙂 It is perfect comfort food on a rainy day.
Equipment
- Large Pot
- Pressure Cooker optional
Ingredients
- 500 g uncooked red lentils
- 2 medium-sized potatoes
- 2 large carrots
- 1 small sweet potato
- 2 onions
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1.3 litres of water
- 2 tablespoons concentrated tomato sauce
- 2 teaspoons salt
- a bit of black pepper
- 1 tablespoon soup seasoning
- 1 teaspoon sweet curry spice
- 2 teaspoons spicy curry spice
- 150 ml coconut milk
- tomatoes for garnish optional
Instructions
- Peel and finely chop the potatoes, sweet potato, and carrots (to help with cooking faster if you don't have a pressure cooker) and put them in a deep pot.
- Peel and quarter the onions and garlic, and add them to the pot.
- Add water and cook for about 15-20 minutes or until the potatoes and carrots soften. We cook the potatoes before adding the lentils because when the lentils thicken the soup, the potatoes take longer to cook. If you're using a pressure cooker, you can add all the ingredients at the same time and cook for 5-10 minutes, depending on how finely the potatoes are chopped.
- Rinse the red lentils with water and add them to the pot.
- Add salt, black pepper, soup seasoning, sweet and spicy curry spices, and concentrated tomato sauce. If you prefer more heat, replace sweet curry with spicy and vice versa if you don't like it too spicy.
- Cook for another ten minutes or until the lentils are completely tender.
- Add the coconut milk (if desired, set aside a portion for garnish) and cook for another minute.
- When the soup is ready, blend everything until you get a creamy texture. If the soup is too thick, add a little more boiling water and stir.
Tips and Info
Sprinkle a little coconut milk for garnish, add chopped tomatoes, and serve with whole-grain bread. If you have leftover soup for the next day, you'll probably need to add a bit more water (and possibly a bit more salt) as it thickens more with time.