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Brown Lentil Soup
Total time75 min
Prep25 min
Cook50 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyMedium
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Soups and stews

ChefWutfa Hani Rahal

Brown Lentil Soup

Brown lentil soup made with an easy, quick homemade recipe! Topped with parsley, the soup becomes even more distinctive and tastes even better. Try it!

Brown lentil soup... with large or small lentils... a delicious, practical, and highly nutritious recipe!

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup brown lentils, small or large
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 potato
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Small handful of Egyptian rice
  • 6 cups of water for each cup of lentils
  • Chopped parsley
  • Salt
  • 1 teaspoon finely ground cumin

Method

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  1. Chop the vegetables, meaning the onion, carrot, and potato, and sauté them briefly in a little olive oil.
  2. Wash the lentils and rice, drain them, then add them on top of the vegetables and stir.
  3. Add the water and wait for it to come to a boil before lowering the heat.
  4. Let the pot boil until the lentils are completely cooked.
  5. Blend the soup in the blender and return it to the pot.
  6. In a pan, sauté the chopped parsley with 1 teaspoon of olive oil.
  7. Add the sautéed parsley to the pot, adjust the salt, add the cumin, then let the soup boil for 2 minutes and turn off the heat.
    Timers: 2 min
  8. For more soups on the site, here is Chicken Soup with Vermicelli
  9. Here is how to make Yellow Lentil Soup as well

Recipe tags

Soups and stewsInternationalVegetarianVeganDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeMediumLong cook

Notes and serving ideas

  • Chicken Soup with Vermicelli
  • Yellow Lentil Soup

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