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Ingredients
Basic vegetable stock
- 90 g onion, cut into halves
- 110 g leek, white part only, cut into quarters
- 260 g carrots, cut into quarters
- 130 g sweet potato, cut into pieces (3 cm)
- 120 g celery stalks, cut into quarters
- 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, cut into slices
- 4 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 dried bay leaf
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves only
- 1300 g water
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground pepper
Spiced lentil soup
- 1 onion (approx. 150 g), cut into halves
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 - 2 fresh red chillies, deseeded if preferred and cut into halves
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp ground cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 200 g red lentils, rinsed and drained
- 400 g canned diced tomatoes
- 120 g red capsicum, deseeded and cut into pieces (1-2 cm )
- 400 g canned mixed beans, rinsed and drained (approx. 250 g after draining)
- 60 g kale, leaves only (stalks removed) and torn into pieces
- 4 - 5 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley, cut into pieces
- 60 g Greek-style natural yoghurt (optional)
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1096.2 kJ / 261 kcal
- Protein
- 11.7 g
- Carbohydrates
- 29.9 g
- Fat
- 7.7 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1.4 g
- Fibre
- 11.1 g
- Sodium
- 966.8 mg
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