I’ve written so many lentil soup recipes for this website (and for my books), that I bear in mind telling myself to take a break for some time. So, though I have not printed one shortly, I hardly ever go greater than every week with out making some kind of lentil soup goodness. Making an attempt different lentil soups I come throughout can also be an effective way to increase my line-up, and brothy, creamy, chunky, pureed, spiced, and straight variations are all are honest sport so far as I am involved. Here is a listing of some tried-and-true favorites, and a few nice takes I’ve come throughout from out and about.

1. Coconut Yellow Cut up Pea Soup – (101 Cookbooks)
Not technically lentil soup, however shut sufficient with the break up peas. It is a ginger and curry-spiked yellow break up pea stunner. Leftovers freeze nicely, and this makes an A+ lunch. Get the recipe right here. 

2. Coconut Purple Lentil Soup – (101 Cookbooks)
One of many high ten finest soups of my life. Get the recipe right here.

3. Purple Lentil Soup with Lemon – (101 Cookbooks)
A variation of Deborah Madison’s Purple Lentil Soup with Lime. That is an earthy, turmeric and mustard-spiked lentil soup served over brown rice with spinach and thick yogurt. Get the recipe right here.

4. Persian New Yr Noodle Soup / (Ash-e Reshteh) – (101 Cookbooks)

That is my favourite soup/stew (sure, ever) and it has lentils in it, so I am together with it right here. At its core we’re speaking a few bean and noodle soup that includes skinny egg noodles swimming in a aromatic broth spiced with turmeric, cumin, chiles, and black pepper. You employ a medley of lentils, chickpeas, and borlotti beans, making the soup hearty and filling with out being heavy. You add spinach, dill, and cilantro. You add lime juice for a little bit of bitter on the finish. And then you definately’ve received plenty of toppings so as to add whenever you serve the soup – chopped walnuts, caramelized onions, and bitter cream. From deep within the 101 archives. Get the recipe right here.

5. Curried Tomato Tortellini Soup (with lentils) – (101 Cookbooks)
It is a fortifying lentil and tomato-based stew, dotted with plump, tender dumplings, spiked with a variety of spices, and boosted with loads of pink lentils and spinach. Get the recipe right here.

6. Meal In a Jar: Tortellini Soup – (101 Cookbooks)
And in order for you a make-ahead, simply add water & crushed tomato versionof the above soup – that is it. Get the recipe right here.

7. Inexperienced Lentil Soup with Curried Brown Butter – (101 Cookbooks)
Inexperienced lentils (or break up peas), topped with a curried brown butter drizzle, and pan-fried paneer cubes. Get the recipe right here.

8. Full of life Up Your self Lentil Soup – (101 Cookbooks)
That is what I make once I want a little bit of a reset. Make a giant pot, after which eat all through the week. Get the recipe right here.

9. Yellow Coconut Curry Purple Lentil Soup – (Will Frolic for Meals)
This Chitra Agrawal recipe caught my consideration as a result of it cleverly incorporates coconut, however not coconut milk. So, the broth stays hearty however not creamy – hits the spot whenever you need one thing filling however not overly decadent. Get the recipe right here.

Bonus! Gradual Cooker Winter Vegetable with Cut up Purple Lentils – (A Stunning Plate)
Including this on the final minute. A gradual cooker choice. This one with a minestrone angle.
Get the recipe right here.

Bonus! Vegetarian Cut up Pea Soup – (101 Cookbooks)
A scrumptious, wholesome, textured soup created from an impossibly quick listing of elements. Significantly, simply 5! Merely inexperienced break up peas and onions cooked till tender, partially pureed, seasoned and flared out with toppings. Get the recipe right here.

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