Fresh carrot and lentil soup with coconut and lime
Ingredients:
1 tbsp olive oil/rape seed oil
2 onions
2 tbsp mild curry paste
1 stick of celery
18oz/500 grams carrots
6oz/175 red lentils
2oz/50 gms pearl barley
3 pints/1.8 litres veg stock
14floz/400 ml can of coconut milk
2 tbsp lime juice
3 tbsp fresh coriande
Method:
- Finely chop the onion,carrot and celery
- Heat the oil and add the vegetables to the pan
- Soften in the pan, while stirring, for 5 minutes
- Add lentils and pearl barley and stir before adding the stock
- Now add the curry paste
- Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes
- Blend half the soup until smooth
- Mix with unblended soup
- Chop the coriander
- Add the coconut milk, lime juice and coriander
Original Source:
Izzy Silvester
