Spinach & yellow lentil soup

Name: Spinach & yellow lentil soup
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1/4 C split mung beans or use any yellow lentils; 1 potato - roughly chopped, used to thicken the soup (see pic); 1 small brown onion - finely chopped (to sweeten the soup); 1 Cube frozen spinach (see variation and pic); 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 small shallot - thinly sliced or roughly chopped (see pic); as needed Fresh or dried chillies -; 1 tsp black mustard seeds or use a mixture of spices (see pic); 2 tsp lemon juice; 2 tsp seasoning powder - see below:; 👉🏻 vegetarian - use veg or mushroom seasoning powder; 👉🏻 non - vegetarian - use chicken seasoning powder or chicken; As needed - salt

Pinkblanket's Kitchen @pinkblanketskitchen

Houston Texas

Easy spinach and lentils soup.

#spinach #GoldenApron23 #lentils #soup #mungbeans #breakfast #lunch #dinner #asian #Indian #Potatoes

Easy spinach and lentils soup.

#spinach #GoldenApron23 #lentils #soup #mungbeans #breakfast #lunch #dinner #asian #Indian #Potatoes

Pinkblanket's Kitchen @pinkblanketskitchen

Houston Texas

Easy spinach and lentils soup.

#spinach #GoldenApron23 #lentils #soup #mungbeans #breakfast #lunch #dinner #asian #Indian #Potatoes

Easy spinach and lentils soup.

#spinach #GoldenApron23 #lentils #soup #mungbeans #breakfast #lunch #dinner #asian #Indian #Potatoes

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Ingredients

1/4 Csplit mung beans or use any yellow lentils
1potato - roughly chopped, used to thicken the soup (see pic)
1small brown onion - finely chopped (to sweeten the soup)
1 Cubefrozen spinach (see variation and pic)
1 tspturmeric powder
1small shallot - thinly sliced or roughly chopped (see pic)
as neededFresh or dried chillies -
1 tspblack mustard seeds or use a mixture of spices (see pic)
2 tsplemon juice
2 tspseasoning powder - see below:
👉🏻 vegetarian - use veg or mushroom seasoning powder
👉🏻 non - vegetarian - use chicken seasoning powder or chicken
As needed- salt

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Steps

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Variations:
1. Replace frozen spinach with fresh ones. Finely shredded. This recipe uses frozen spinach. See pic below.
2. Add chili of any kind for extra heat.
3. Add 1 chopped tomato for extra flavour.
4. Ready mix dried seeds/spices is available in all indian or asian shop. It's a mixture of dried seeds - cumin, fennel, black mustard, nigella, fenugreek (all of equal amount).
5. You can also add some garam masala.
2

Choose your lentils. This recipe uses split mung beans (2nd pic below).
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Prep all ingredients - wash, chop and measure. See pic below. In a pot, with 1-2 cups of water, cook mung beans, chopped potato and finely chop brown onion until soft and water is almost gone.
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Lightly mash or process soft beans & potato. It does not have to be fine. Return to the stove. Add 1-2 cups of water (or as needed) then continue to cook over medium low heat. Bring to a boil.
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Then, add turmeric powder, a cube of frozen spinach, lemon juice, seasoning (s) of your choice and pinch of salt. Stir to mix and leave to simmer. Meanwhile, in a small pan, heat 2 tbsp of cooking oil, then pan fry shallot, chillies and black mustard seeds (or a mixture of dried seeds).
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When shallot is almost translucent, transfer it immediately to the pot. Stir the soup. Taste and adjust seasonings accordingly before removing the soup pot from the stove. Serve hot with bread, roti or rice.