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Quick Pantry Lentil Soup

March 23, 2020 | 30 Minute Meals, Budget Friendly, Soups, Vegetarian

This Quick Pantry Lentil Soup has basic ingredients found in your pantry, this delicious and nutritious soup will easily become one of your go to meals.

Sometimes we have to rely on our pantry stores to whip a meal up quickly. This Quick Pantry Lentil Soup is one of my go to meals (along my my Quick and Easy Dhal). I pretty much always have the ingredients in my pantry and it has saved me many times when I’ve been caught short on time and ingredients.

It’s quick and easy to make and is a warming, nourishing bowl of plant based goodness.

Take a look at the variations below the main recipes to adjust the recipe to suit your dietary requirements and taste.

Quick Pantry Lentil Soup

Prep 10 minutes
Cook 20 minutes
Serves: 4
This Quick Pantry Lentil Soup has basic ingredients found in your pantry, this delicious and nutritious soup will easily become one of your go to meals.
5 from 6 votes
This Quick Pantry Lentil Soup has basic ingredients found in your pantry, this delicious and nutritious soup will easily become one of your go to meals.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil – extra virgin
  • 4 clove/s garlic – minced
  • 1 onion/s – diced
  • 1 stick/s celery – finely chopped
  • 1 carrot/s – diced
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 tsp garam masala
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 400 g diced tinned tomatoes
  • 800 g can brown lentils – (or any lentil of your choice) rinsed, drained
  • 500 ml stock or broth – your choice of chicken or vegetable
  • ½ tsp sea salt – or to taste
  • 50 g baby spinach – or kale or silverbeet
  • 200 g full-fat natural yoghurt – to serve

Method

  • In a medium size pot, add the olive oil, garlic, onion, celery, carrot and spices and saute for 4 minutes over a moderate heat.
  • Now add the tomato paste, tomatoes, lentils and broth or stock. If using homemade broth add an extra ½ tsp of sea salt. Bring to a simmer for 20 minutes.
  • Add in the spinach and stir for 1 minute until it wilts.

Thermomix

  • Start with chopping the garlic – 3 sec, speed 6.
  • Then add the onion and celery and chop, 4 seconds speed 5. You can add in the carrot here too, but I prefer to dice it.
  • Add the spices and olive oil and cook 4 minutes, 100, speed 1.
  • Now add the tomato paste, tomatoes, lentils and broth or stock. If using homemade broth add an extra ½ tsp of sea salt. Cook 20 minutes, 100, speed 2.

Serve

  • Divide between four bowls, and serve with a blob of yoghurt.

Store

  • Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.

Make ahead

  • Re-heat in a pot over a low heat until just hot.

Variations

Onion-free

Leave out or replace with a small bulb of fennel.

Garlic-free

Leave out or replace with a tablespoon garlic oil. 

Dairy-free

Leave of the yoghurt or replace with coconut yoghurt.
 
 

This is one of my go to meals in the cooler months.  Love to receive your thoughts and comments too (if you could also rate this recipe I’d be extra appreciative). 

Course: Main Course
Author: Georgia Harding

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Category: 30 Minute Meals, Budget Friendly, Soups, Vegetarian Tags: coconutfree, cornfree, dairyfree, eggfree, garlicfree, glutenfree, grainfree, lentils, lowfructose, nutfree, onionfree, seafoodfree, sesamefree, soup, soyfree, thermomix, tomato, vegan, vegetarian, wheatfree, yeastfree

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6 Comments

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  1. Cyrina Simmons says

    5 stars
    Amazing flavours and perfect for a cold winters night! I topped mine with coconut yoghurt and and sprinkle of chilli flakes

    May 11, 2020
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Mmm, sounds just perfect, thrilled you enjoyed it and thanks for the 5🌟s G x

      May 18, 2020
      Reply
  2. Jasmanne Matthews says

    5 stars
    This was absolutely delicious! I’d been wanting to make this recipe for the last couple of weeks and I finally made it tonight…. SO GOOD! I added crusty sourdough bread too. Yum yum thanks heaps x

    May 25, 2020
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      So glad you enjoyed it Jasmanne, cheers for the 5 stars too. The Lemony Lentil soup has been another really popular pantry staple recipe if you haven’t tried it yet? G x

      May 27, 2020
      Reply
  3. Gail Harris says

    5 stars
    I made the quick pantry lentil soup and it was extremely simple to make and had a great flavour and the chilies added the punch it needed. I will make this again.

    September 13, 2020
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      So glad you enjoyed it Gail G x

      September 14, 2020
      Reply

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