Lentil Vegetable Soup
December 9th, 2009 filed under Dal (Lentils), Soups and Salads
Lentil soup is healthy and very satisfying dish. Its a great soup for lunch served with bread.
Recipe will serve 4.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup lentils (masoor dal)
- 1 cup of carrots, sliced in 1/2 inch pieces
- 1/2 cup of green string beans, sliced ½ inch pieces
- 1 cup of celery, sliced in ½ inch pieces
- 3 medium size tomatoes cut into 8 pieces
- About ½ inch ginger thin sliced
- 1½ teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Chaunk (seasoning):
- 2 tablespoon clarified butter (ghee) or 2 tablespoons oil
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
- Half a lemon
Method:
- Wash lentils and soak in 2 cups of water for 1 hour or longer. Once soaked, the lentils should be about double in volume.
- Heat 4 cups of water in a pressure cooker on medium high heat. Next add soaked lentils, salt, turmeric, black pepper, ginger, carrots, green beans, celery, and tomatoes.
- Close the pressure cooker and put the weight (or seal the exhaust).
- As the pressure cooker starts steaming turn the heat down to medium and cook for about 6 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and wait until steam has stopped before opening the pressure cooker.
- Mix dal well, if dal is thick add more boiling water and make the consistency as you desire. Soup should be chunky.
Chaunk (seasoning):
- For seasoning (chaunk) heat the butter in a small saucepan, add cumin seeds and wait until cumin seed crack. Then pour it over the soup.
- Add garam masala to the soup and mix it well.
- Before serving squeeze a few drops of lemon juice.
Dear Aunty Manjula,
I tried your boondhi ladoo.. it was very delicious.. turned out great!! Can you please post malpua receipe fast.. i love them, would like to learn how to make malpua.. Thanks!!
Namrata.
Thanks Manjula aunty, the recipe came out very yummy. It is very simple and nutritious.
Aunty,soup comes out very nice as usual like ur other recipes.It is very healthy cooking option with an indian flavour,my husband was very happy.
can u post some more healthy recipes with OATS.
I am mother of 7 months old sweet little angel.i use to be very confused in giving her solid foods..As you are grandmother of 3 children,i’ll be very thankfull to you if u can post some baby food recipes.thanks in advance.
I usually saute all the vegetables in 2 Tbps of butter and then add the vegetables. I cook the dhal in 2 cups of water. cool it and blend to a puree stage. add the vegetables and spices and all the seasonings soon and let it cook for 20 mts on the stove. cool and add the cilantro and serve with hot chapatis or nan.
If you’re really short on time, use Progresso brand canned Lentil Soup. Heat it in a pan on the stove and add the chaunk as written above. Very yummy if you don’t have time to make from scratch.
Aunty,
I am pressure cooking the soup right now to serve for lunch…I can’t wait to taste it..I am pretty sure, like all your recipes, this one too is a big hit!
Bhuvana.
Hi,
Is it possible to substitute masoor dhal with any other type of dhals?
Hi Deepa,
Try moong dal
Thank you so much for this recipe. I am going to make it for my family this weekend. It will be a perfect lunch.
Could you please let me know the name of the pressure cooker that you are using?
Manjula, I was waiting to see you puree this soup. It looks delicious and I am going to make it for my mother when she visits this week.