Lentil & Spinach soup

[judydawn]

Name of Recipe:Lentil & Spinach soup
Number of People: 6 serves
Ingredients:
230g onions, quartered
2 cloves garlic (use confit of garlic if you have it)
1/2 - 1 teaspn curry paste (any colour, I've used yellow & green. Quantity is up to you, use more if you like)
1 tblspn veg oil (I've also used confit of garlic oil)
200g potato, chopped roughly
190g red lentils
1litre water
1 tblspn veg stock concentrate
200g spinach, chopped roughly
1/4 cup coriander leaves or parsley if preferred
S & P to taste
Parmesan cheese for serving

Preparation:
Place onion and garlic in TM bowl and chop for 2 sec/speed 5.
Add curry paste and oil, cook 5 mins/varoma/speed 1/MC off.
Add potato and chop 3 sec/speed 6.
Add lentils, water, veg stock concentrate and cook 20 mins/100^o/speed 1.
Add spinach and coriander or parsley.  Push down into the liquid with a spatula and cook 7 mins/100^o/speed 1.
Add some ground pepper and check seasonings.  Add more salt, it usually needs it.
Blitz slowly from speed 2 to 6 for 5 - 13 seconds.  5 seconds leaves the soup with some texture,
Serve sprinkled with parmesan cheese.

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Tips/Hints:
Best made day beforehand for flavours to develop.


Members' comments
CP - Thanks for this recipe JD. I made it and it tastes perfect, and consistency is to my liking. Lots of good stuff in there. Fortunately we have heaps of spinach growing in the garden. I was wondering how on earth I was going to cram in 200g, but surprisingly it melts down quickly into the liquid. Yummo

Marilyn - I made this yesterday, and it was great.  I used a few more red lentils because I didn't want it to be too thin, and probably didn't need to as it was plenty thick enough.  I used a bit less spinach because I didn't have that much - 200g is a lot! - and I too was amazed at how it disappeared into the soup.  I used korma paste - about a heaped teaspoon.  Those were all the changes I think.  It was delicious.  Thanks judydawn!

Rara1 - Had some spinach to use up and googled spinach soup in thermomix and Judy's delicious soup came up. I used Tenina's yellow curry paste. Blitzed it for only 7 seconds. Thanks Judy for a lovely soup.

[I Love Bimby!]

Sounds yum JD! 

[cookie1]

I love red lentils in soup. Thanks Judy.

[Thermomixer]

Thx JD - sounds good.  Wonder if you could leave it chunkier and just blitz the potato section and then cook then lentils whole for a chunkier result?

[judydawn]

Soups are pretty flexible Thermomixer, anything goes really.  My DH loved this soup which surprised me. It has a taste that grows on you and is tastier than it looks. It thickens up a little more on the second day which is why I suggested making it the day before.

[CreamPuff63]

Thanks for this recipe JD. I just made it and it tastes perfect, and consistency is to my liking. Lots of good stuff in there. Fortunately we have heaps of spinach growing in the garden. I was wondering how on earth I was going to cram in 200g, but surprisingly it melts down quickly into the liquid. Yummo 

[judydawn]

I have another couple of bunches ready to pick CP63 and have my 2 recipes ready to go - just waiting for the a change in temperature when we feel like eating hot food again.  One is a spinach gratin which I have never tried before (from our daily paper) and the other is a potato/spinach pie with a pastry crust.  If successful, more spinach recipes to follow soon
Glad you liked the soup. 

[CreamPuff63]

Something to look forward to. Lucky my kids go crazy for spinach 

[achookwoman]

JD., looks good.  Roll on winter.

[judydawn]

Sorry, just noticed I had the potatoes down twice - have removed one lot.    Handwritten kitchen notes get very messy around here & are sometimes hard to decypher.

[Tebasile]

Thank you Judy. This was my question. I was going to make your soup yesterday, but changed my plan.

[Marilyn]

I made this yesterday, and it was great.  I used a few more red lentils because I didn't want it to be too thin, and probably didn't need to as it was plenty thick enough.  I used a bit less spinach because I didn't have that much - 200g is a lot! - and I too was amazed at how it disappeared into the soup.  I used korma paste - about a heaped teaspoon.  Those were all the changes I think.  It was delicious.  Thanks judydawn!

[judydawn]

Thanks Marilyn, glad you liked it.

[CreamPuff63]

Just bumping this soup as its very nice for winter 

[Rara1]

Had some spinach to use up and googled spinach soup in thermomix and Judy's delicious soup came up.

I used tenina's yellow curry paste.
Blitzed it for only 7 seconds.

Thanks Judy for a lovely soup.

Rara x