Lentil Soup with Curried Vegetables and Rice

Preparation info
  • Makes

    8

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Lighter, Quicker, Better: Cooking for the Way We Eat Today

By Richard Sax and Marie Simmons

Published 2000

  • About

Lentils require no soaking and cook quickly. For this soup, spice up the lentils with cinnamon, cloves, and bay leaf. Brown rice adds a nutty flavor. Serve the soup as a main course, topped with yogurt and cilantro leaves.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound brown lentils, rinsed and sorted
  • 6 cups water
  • 1

Method

  1. Combine the lentils, water, cinnamon stick, onion stuck with cloves, bay leaf, bruised garlic, and celery in a large heavy saucepan. Cook, stirring, until mixture boils. Cook, covered, over low heat until lentils are soft, about 25 minutes. Remove the cinnamon, onion, bay leaf, and celery and discard. Working in batches, puree the lentils. Transfer to a large wide saucep