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Vegan red lentil soup with carrots and spinach

Vegan Red Lentil Soup with Carrots and Spinach

This soup is perfect for when you want to warm up a little in a cold autumn or winter day. Made mostly with affordable pantry ingredients, it's so incredible easy and quick to prepare.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 33 minutes
Total Time 43 minutes
Course Main Course, Soup
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 medium yellow onion chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 medium carrots roughly sliced
  • 1 small parsley root roughly sliced
  • 3 cups water (or vegetable broth) 750 ml
  • 100 g simple tomato sauce
  • 100 g chopped apio approximately 1,5 cm
  • 1 tbsp salt or to taste
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • ½ tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 cup red lentils (well rinsed) 200 g
  • 100 g fresh spinach leaves

Instructions
 

  • Add vegetable oil into a heated large pot; when the oil is hot, add onion and garlic and sauté for about 2 minutes over medium heat;
  • Add carrots and parsley root and sauté for about 4-5 minutes; stir continuously to prevent burning;
  • Add water, apio, tomato sauce, thyme, ground black pepper and salt, bring it to a boil and let it simmer for 10 minutes; cover with a lid;
  • Add lentils and combine well; simmer for about 15 minutes over medium-low heat; stir from time to time;
  • When lentils are almost done, bring in the chopped spinach leaves; give it a stir and let the spinach wilt;
  • Turn off the heat and transfer the soup into serving bowls.

Notes

  1. If you prefer not to sauté vegetables in oil, you can replace it with  water; you need to add 5-6 tablespoons of water, probably more after you add carrots and parsley root.
  2. The root vegetables need longer time to cook, that's why you need to add them first to the pot. Apio also cooks slower than  lentils so, they're next in line after the root vegetables.
  3. Chop  root vegetables in equal size so that they cook at the same time.
  4. Don't overcook the spinach, let it keep its freshness and crispiness.
Keyword red lentils, vegan soup