Lentils Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:

1 cup lentils
½ onion (finely chopped)
1 tomato (seeded and diced)
2 carrots (peeled and diced)
2 stalks celery (trimmed and diced)
3 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon fresh ginger juice or vinaigrette
4 cup vegetable broth
½ teaspoons white pepper
½ teaspoon chili powder (Berbere)
4 cups or more water
Salt and black pepper to taste


Preparation:

1st Step: Sauté the onions, carrots, celery with olive oil for 10 minutes by gradually adding half cup of water;

2nd Step: Add to the sauté onions, diced tomatoes, hot red pepper powder and stir for five minutes; add 3 cups of water, leave it to boil;

3rd Step: Rinse the lentils with cold water;

4th Step: To the boiling sauce, add lentils, ginger juice, white pepper and two cups of vegetable broth; reduce the heat to medium; cook for 35 to 40 minutes until the lentils are very soft;

5th Step: Using a cooking stick, puree the soup in its pot or transfer to a food processor, blend the lentils until smooth; and bring it back to its saucepan;

6th Step: Add the rest of the vegetable broth or water as need; then in a lower heat stir the soup for 10 minutes. Add salt and black pepper. Remove from heat. Garnish it with fresh parsley, basil or cheese of your choice.

Serve it hot or cold. Keep it in the fridge.


Serving four persons

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