Black Lentil Mulligatawny

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Seasons of Greens: A Collection of New Recipes from the Iconic San Francisco Restaurant

By Katie Reicher

Published 2025

  • About

Mulligatawny as we know it today is a British soup that was inspired by a Southern Indian dish called “rasam” several hundred years ago during the British colonization of India. Since its popularization in the eighteenth century, mulligatawny has seen countless iterations, though many share some key components. The most surprising of which is the addition of apples, which lends a touch of sweetness to an otherwise bold and savory soup. At Greens, we make this soup in celebration of our farm