Red lentil & coconut soup

Gut-friendly recipe for 4 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has red lentil, turmeric, ginger, garlic clove, vegetable stock, coconut milk, leek, baby spinach and lime.

Red lentil & coconut soup

Red lentil & coconut soup

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Gut-friendly
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

5 mins

Ingredients

  • Turmeric: 1 heaped tsp turmeric
  • Garlic Clove: 2 garlic cloves, sliced
  • Vegetable Stock: 1l vegetable stock
  • Lime: 2 limes, cut into wedge
  • Red Lentil: 100g red lentils
  • Baby Spinach: 2 handfuls baby spinach (approx 50g/2oz)
  • Ginger: 1 tbsp coarsely grated ginger
  • Leek: 2 leeks, well washed and sliced
  • Coconut Milk: 400ml can coconut milk

Directions

  1. Tip the lentils into a large pan and add the turmeric, ginger and garlic. Pour in the stock, then cover the pan and simmer for 15 mins until the lentils have softened.
  2. Pour in the coconut milk, stir in the leeks, cover and cook for 10 mins more.
  3. Add the spinach and cook just to wilt it, then spoon into bowls and squeeze over the lime juice.