Easy Red Lentil and Vegetable Soup | Red Lentil Soup

Easy red lentil vegetable soup or Masoor Dal Soup with step by step photos: Whether you are looking for a complete meal or just soup to warm you up this easy lentil soup is a nice option to go for. It is hearty, healthy, tasty, and can be consumed at any time of the year. 

Lentils are an important part of everyday Indian meals. No Indian kitchen is complete without them. Red lentil/masoor dal is basically dehusked, split Lentil, that is red in color. It has the highest protein content than other lentils. 

Red lentils do not take much time to cook. But before cooking, be sure to soak them in water. Soaking pulses helps to reduce the cooking time and also removes some of the anti-nutritional factors present in them, thereby promoting digestion. However, soaking time varies depending on the pulse used.

To make this easy red lentil and vegetable soup all you need is red lentils, butter or oil, onion, garlic, carrot, french beans, vegetable stock or water, tomato, lime juice, coriander stem, green chili, salt, and black pepper. You can use chicken stock as well. 

Along with carrots and onions, you can also add some potatoes in this soup. Additional veggies like cauliflower, green peas and sweetcorn could also be added to perk up the nutritional value. Skip green chili if serving to kids. Use oil instead of butter for a vegan version.

Serve this lentil soup as it is or pair with your choice of bread and enjoy!

Some Related Recipes

• Vegetable Stew
• Dal Palak

Lentil Soup Preparations Step by Step

• Rinse the lentils and soak them in enough water for 20 minutes. Before rinsing be sure there are no stones or debris. As no one likes to bite at one. 
• Then rinse thoroughly again until the water appears clear, drain the water and set aside. 
• Heat butter in a pan. Once the butter starts melting add chopped onion and garlic. Saute over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes or until the onion softens. 
• Add vegetable stock. Increase the flame to high. Once the stock starts boiling, add lentils, followed by salt, and turmeric powder. Then cover and cook over low-medium flame until the lentils are tender. Stir in between.

• Add carrots, french beans, and tomatoes. Cover and cook for 7-8 minutes more.
• Add chopped coriander stem and green chili. Stir to mix and turn off the flame. 
• Lastly, add lime juice and ground black pepper. Stir to mix and check for the seasoning. Add more salt if required. Now cover the lid and let it rest for 5 minutes.
• Serve hot or warm.

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Easy Red Lentil and Vegetable Soup | Red Lentil Soup

Lentil vegetable soup: A hearty, refreshing, healthy one-pot lentil soup made within 30 minutes with common pantry ingredients.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time30 mins

Course Starter

Cuisine Indian

Keyword Easy red lentil and vegetable soup, Lentil soup, Red lentil soup

Servings3 people

Author Geetanjali

INGREDIENTS ( 1 CUP = 240 ML )

• ¼ cup red lentils/masoor dal
• 1 tbsp butter or oil
• 1 medium-sized carrot finely diced
• 6 french beans finely chopped
• ½ medium-sized red onion finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove finely chopped
• ½ medium tomato finely chopped
• ½ tsp green chili finely chopped
• 2 tbsp coriander stem finely chopped
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• ½ tsp black pepper freshly ground
• 1 tbsp lime juice freshly squeezed
• 2 ½ cups vegetable stock or water

INSTRUCTIONS

• Rinse the lentils and soak them in enough water for 20 minutes. Before rinsing be sure there are no stones or debris.
• Then rinse thoroughly again until the water appears clear, drain the water and set aside.
• Heat butter in a pan. Once the butter starts melting add chopped onion and garlic. Saute over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes or until the onion softens.
• Add vegetable stock. Increase the flame to high. Once the stock starts boiling, add lentils, followed by salt, and turmeric powder. Then cover and cook over the low-medium flame until lentils are tender. Stir in between.
• Add carrots, french beans, and tomatoes. Cover and cook for 7-8 minutes more.
• Add chopped coriander stem and green chili. Stir to mix and turn off the flame.
• Lastly, add lime juice and ground black pepper. Stir to mix and check for the seasoning. Add more salt if required. Now cover the lid and let it rest for 5 minutes.
• Lentil vegetable soup is ready to serve. Serve hot or warm.