Ummm.. Wow

[ArcticChicken]

If anyone's interested, I have a fantastic recipe for red lentil soup.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

If anyone's interested, I have a fantastic recipe for red lentil soup.

Yes :3 I've been consuming brown mostly, the stuff comes in bags on the aisle I frequent in the MegaStore. Red is purty...

[ArcticChicken]

Red Lentil Soup

1 1/2 cups Red Lentils
6 cups Water (vegetable and possibly chicken stock substituted)
3 Bay leaves
4 (or more) garlic cloves, chopped
2 (generally much more) slices fresh ginger root, each about the size of a quarter
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2 medium carrots ( 1 cup grated)
1 cup canned tomatoes, or one medium fresh tomato
1 small red or green bell pepper (1/2 cup finely chopped)
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1 1/2 cups chopped onions
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
pinch of cayenne
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Sort and rinse the lentils. put them in a soup pot with the first section of ingredients. Cover and place on a high heat.
prepare the second section, and add them to the pot. Bring to a boil, stir, reduce the heat, and simmer, covered, for 15-20 minutes, until the lentils are tender.
while the vegetables simmer, saute the onions on medium heat in the olive oil in a heavy skillet for about ten minutes or until browned. Add the cumin coriander and cayenne and saute for another minute, stirring to prevent sticking. Remove from heat. When the lentils are tender, remove the bay leaves and ginger (can also just be picked out as one eats). stir in the sauteed onions and lemons juice. Add salt and pepper to taste.

This is a copy of the email my BF sent to me with the recipe. I like to use a lot of ginger, and I usually leave the chunks in the container that has the soup until I finish it. The last time I made it I couldn't get ginger root from the store, so I had to use minced ginger in a jar, it came out really well.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

ArcticChicken, that looks really healthy-- and tasty!
A note about lentils-- they have this stuff called phytic acid, and it binds to vitamins and minerals when ingested. Soaking the lentils not only reduces cooking time but reduces said acid in food; and somehow makes it taste better too. XD
Yay lentils!
(both links are to wikipedia)
EDIT: XD