ingredients
Soup:
- 1 cup red lentils
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 1 potato, chopped
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 2 teaspoons dried mint
- Salt to taste
- 6 cups water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Topping:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sweet chili powder or flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried mint
instructions
- Combine lentils, onion, carrot, potato and spices in a large pot. Pour water over them. Cook it uncovered until it boils over medium high heat.
- Bring the heat to medium low and let it simmer stirring occasionally until everything is tender.
- Blend it until smooth using a hand blender. Put it back over the lowest heat, add in lemon juice and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- For the olive oil drizzle, heat olive oil in a sauce pan. Add in chili powder and dried mint, stir once or twice and remove from the heat.
- Serve the soup hot in bowls with a drizzle of the spicy olive oil. You can garnish it with herbs.
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