Western Style Lentil Soup

Name: Western Style Lentil Soup
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 Bay leaves; Lentils (orange and green); Corn; Lemon (cut in half); 1 Potato; 1 Carrot; 2 tomato; 1/2 yellow capsicum/bell pepper; 2 pieces Ginger; Olive oil; Chopped garlic; Brown sugar; basil herbs

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Western Style Lentil Soup

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Ingredients

2Bay leaves
Lentils (orange and green)
Corn
Lemon (cut in half)
1Potato
1Carrot
2tomato
1/2yellow capsicum/bell pepper
2 piecesGinger
Olive oil
Chopped garlic
Brown sugar
basil herbs

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Steps

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Boil water for the soup base
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Chop the vegetables (potato, carrot, capsicum) and chop the garlic
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Cut tomatoes removing the seeds and the jelly
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Break the bay leaves in half and put them into the hot water (turn off the heat) and put lid on
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Cut 2 pieces of ginger
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Pan fry the ginger with olive oil
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After moving it around in the pan for a bit, remove get rid of the ginger
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Pan fry the chopped garlic
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Stir fry the potatoes and carrots
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Add yellow bell peppers to the mix
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Sprinkle a bit of black pepper and salt
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Add the tomatoes last to the stir fry
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Sprinkle a bit of brown sugar
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Add water (room temperature) to the mix just enough to cover the ingredients in the pan
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Add basil herbs
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Let it boil
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Add lentils to the pot of boiled water
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Add the cooked vegetables into the pot
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Cook with lid slightly opened
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Note: time taken to cook lentil soup depends on how much ingredients you have and how big of a pot
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This recipe will take 30-45minutes to cook in the pot
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The way to check if it's ready or not is to see if the potatoes and carrots are soft already
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Add corn into the pot
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After adding the corn, taste the soup
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Add 1tsp of soy sauce
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Add 1/2 tsp of vinegar
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Add extra salt and brown sugar as you wish
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Lastly, add a bit of lemon juice