Cooking Times

15 min
Prep Time
40 min
Cook Time
55 min
Total Time

Ingredients (10 items)

2.00 cups Red lentils
rinsed
1.00 large Onion
chopped
2.00 medium Carrots
diced
2.00 tbsp Tomato paste
6.00 cups Vegetable broth
3.00 tbsp Butter
1.00 tbsp Paprika
2.00 tbsp Dried mint
2.00 Lemon
juiced
1.00 tsp Cumin

Instructions (8 steps)

1
Sauté onion and carrots in 1 tbsp butter until soft.
8 minutes
2
Add tomato paste and cumin, cook 2 minutes.
2 minutes
3
Add lentils and broth, bring to boil.
4
Reduce heat and simmer 25 minutes until lentils very soft.
25 minutes
5
Blend soup until smooth and creamy.
6
Stir in lemon juice and season with salt.
7
Melt remaining butter, fry paprika and mint 30 seconds.
1 minutes
8
Ladle soup into bowls, drizzle with spiced butter. Serve with lemon wedges.