Name: Lentil Soup (Spicier Version)
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon crushed cumin; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; or ½ cup (125 ml) tomato sauce; or 1 tablespoon pomegranate syrup, instead of lemon juice; ½ teaspoon crushed coriander seeds; ½ teaspoon chili pepper, or to taste; ½ teaspoon curry powder

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

About

For a spicier version, when onion starts to brown in the last step, add the following, stir for a minute or two, and then add them to the lentil pot.

Ingredients

1 teaspoon crushed cumin
½ teaspoon crushed coriander seeds
½

Method

Toast bite-size pieces of flatbread, and scatter them on the soup in the bowl, just before serving.
Add to the soup chopped spinach (one 10 oz/285 g package frozen, or