Best Lentil Curry Soup Recipes

CURRY RED LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add cauliflower and carrots; saute until softened, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Pour boiling water and vegetable bouillon into a bowl and stir until dissolved. Add broth and coconut milk to cauliflower mixture. Bring to a boil.
• Stir lentils, garlic powder, onion flakes, curry, paprika, turmeric, and cumin into the pot. Cover and let simmer until lentils are fully cooked and tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in kale and let sit over low heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and serve.

RED LENTIL AND SQUASH CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• Combine salt and curry powder; set aside. Rinse lentils; set aside. Heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add curry mixture; stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add onion, garlic, and ginger; cook until translucent, about 4 minutes. Add squash; cook until just beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add stock and water. Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook until squash is tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in lentils; cook until soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve hot.

SPICY LENTIL-COCONUT CURRY/SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, simmer lentils in 2 cups water for 30 minutes or until soft. Remove from heat.
• Combine lentils and their cooking liquid with turmeric & salt in a blender or food processor. Blitz 10-15 seconds or until fairly smooth. Return to saucepan.
• Add cilantro, coconut, brown sugar, cumin powder, coriander, cayenne, , cinnamon and garam masala. Stir well. Cover and set aside.
• In a large frying pan or skillet, heat the oil.
• Add hing, seed mixture and hot red peppers. Sauté until the seeds begin to pop. This will only take a few seconds!
• Add the fennel, garlic and jalapeño, sauté until halfway to soft. Add tomatoes, continue sautéing until fennel is soft and tomatoes are hot and beginning to lose their shape. Remove from heat.
• Add fennel/tomato mixture to lentil mixture in saucepan. Stir well. For soup, add the extra 2/3 cup water. Cover and cook on low heat 15 minutes. Remove hot red peppers before serving.

CHICKEN-LENTIL CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• Pulse the scallions, jalapeno, ginger, cilantro and garlic in a food processor until chopped. With the motor running, add the apples, a few pieces at a time, until chopped.
• Cook the curry powder in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat, stirring, until lightly toasted, about 1 minute. Whisk in the coconut milk until smooth; cook until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add the apple-scallion mixture and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring, until thickened, about 5 more minutes.
• Stir in the chicken broth and lentils. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium low and simmer until the lentils are tender and broken down, about 15 minutes. Add the chicken and simmer until cooked through, about 6 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and garnish with cilantro.

VEGAN COCONUT CURRY RED LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• To a large pot or dutch oven over medium heat, add the oil. Add the curry powder and cinnamon and cook, stirring often, until the spices are fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Add the onion and cook 2-3 minutes, followed by the carrots, ginger, and garlic, salt, sugar, and tomato paste. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes more.
• Pour in the water, coconut milk, lentils, and chickpeas. Stir and bring to a simmer. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes or until the lentils are tender and the soup has thickened.
• At the very end, stir in the lime juice. Taste for seasoning and serve with fresh cilantro and lime wedges.

THAI GREEN CURRY LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent and beginning to brown, 7 - 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for another minute.
• Add the vegetable broth, lentils, curry paste, ginger, coriander, and salt. Increase heat to medium-high and cook, stirring, until the soup comes to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and cover. Simmer for 25 - 30 minutes, until lentils are tender.
• Add coconut milk and return to a simmer, stirring frequently. Stir in cilantro. Serve.

LENTIL VEGETABLE COCONUT CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat coconut oil in a heavy-bottomed large soup pot on medium until a drop of water sizzles in it; be careful not to let the oil smoke.
• Add garlic and saute for 1 min, stirring.
• Continue to stir fairly frequently as you add more veggies, and keep the lid on in between stirring. Add onion and saute 5 minute Add carrots and celery and saute another 5 minute Add the cauliflower, potato and kale, and saute another 5 minute
• Add the curry, garam masala, cumin, turmeric, coriander, and chili powder and stir. Let saute a few more minutes, and then add everything else. (NOTE: if you prefer, you can use more bouillon instead of the granulated garlic, granulated onion and celery powder.).
• Bring to a boil uncovered, stirring occasionally, and then reduce to medium low and partially cover.
• Stir occasionally and test lentils after about 25 minutes. Continue cooking until they are soft. If you find the broth needs more flavor, add more bouillon or more of the curry seasonings.
• Serve with lemon or lime wedges to squeeze into the soup.

LENTIL CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a stock pot over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, broccoli and celery; cook and stir until tender. Meanwhile, peel the potato and heat in the microwave for 5 to 10 minutes, or until tender. Transfer the potato and vegetables to a food processor and blend until smooth. Return to the pot and bring to a boil.
• Add the cooked rice, lentils and curry powder. Simmer over low heat, covered, until lentils are soft, about 45 minutes.

GREEN CURRY SWEET POTATO & LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the coconut oil in a large saucepan over medium heat until melted.
• Add onion, shallots, garlic, ginger and salt.
• Cook until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add green curry paste and cook, stirring often until the mixture starts to stick to the pan.
• Add sweet potato and lentils and stir to coat with mixture, 1 minute.
• Add broth and fish sauce, bring to a boil then reduce to simmer, stirring often.
• Simmer for about 30 minutes or until sweet potatoes and lentils are cooked.
• Add coconut milk, and yogurt and stir to mix.
• Add spinach and cilantro and cook until spinach wilts, about 5 minutes.
• Ladle into bowls and top with cilantro leaves and a dollop of yogurt (optional).

COCONUT CURRY LENTIL SOUP WITH SPICY SHRIMP RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Peel and clean shrimp, marinate in pinches of cumin, turmeric, curry powder, cayenne, Sriracha, salt, pepper, and extra-virgin olive oil. Rinse green and red lentils, set aside. Toast turmeric, cumin, curry powder and ginger in small saute pan over low heat. In a large saute pan, saute onions and carrots in 2 tablespoons of butter until onion is slightly translucent, then add garlic. Cook for 2 minutes. Deglaze the pan with 1 cup. chicken stock. Add toasted spices, coconut milk, curry paste, tomato paste, lentils and simmer over low heat for 15 to 20 minutes. Heat a grill pan to medium high heat, cook shrimp 3 minutes each side. Spoon soup into bowls, place 3 shrimp tail up in the middle of each bowl, garnish with scallions.

CURRY POTATO LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Fry onions in olive oil until beginning to brown.
• 2. Add garlic, celery and carrots and cook until beginning to soften.
• 3. Add spices and cook until fragrant.
• 4. Add potatoes, lentils, tomato juice, mustard and bouillon and water to cover by a couple of inches (about 1 cup - if it is too thick you can always add more water.).
• 5. Simmer until potatoes are soft and lentils are beginning to break down, about 1/2 hour.
• 6. Add more spices to taste if necessary. Stir in coconut milk and salt to taste.
• 7. Devour, but don't let the potatoes burn your mouth!

SPICY LENTIL SOUP WITH CURRY PINWHEEL ROLLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. For the rolls, make up the bread mix following pack instructions, then roll out to a 30 x 40cm rectangle. Spread over the curry paste, then roll up, starting with the longest edge, like a roly poly. Cut into 8 slices and transfer to a lightly oiled baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 mins or until golden and cooked through.
• Meanwhile, make the soup. Fry the curry paste and onion in a large pan for 2 mins until fragrant. Stir in the carrots and lentils and mix to coat in the curry paste. Cook for 2 mins, then pour in the stock and simmer for 20 mins until the lentils are tender. Whizz with a stick blender until smooth, add some seasoning and serve with the curry pinwheels.

SWEET POTATO LENTIL CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot or Dutch oven, saute the red onion, garlic, and ginger in the olive oil for about 15 minutes, until the onions are translucent and soft. Add the curry powder, hot pepper, carrots, bell pepper, and sweet potatoes. Sauté for 5 to 10 minutes, until the carrots and bell pepper are crisp tender. Add the coconut milk, lentils, and vegetable stock. Simmer, covered, until the lentils are done and the sweet potatoes are tender, about 45 minutes. Add the lime, tamari, and cilantro, and stir to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste, and sugar if needed (see note).

RED LENTIL CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS: Saute onion in melted butter in a large saucepan over medium heat, 3-5 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, curry powder, red pepper flakes, and sugar; saute about 1 minute. Add broth, lentils, and lime juice. Simmer, uncovered, until lentils are soft, 15 - 20 minutes. Remove soup from heat. Stir in cream and salt. Garnish soup with coconut, peanuts, scallions, and mint.

COCONUT CURRY GARAM MASALA LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In a stockpot, heat the vegetable oil over medium heat and add the onion. Stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and ginger until fragrant, about 2 minutes. 2. Add tomato paste & RawSpiceBar's Punjabi Garam Masala spices and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. 3. Add vegetable broth, coconut milk and lentils. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat for 20 minutes. 4. Add chopped vegetables (if adding spinach or kale, add right before serving), then simmer on low heat for another 10-15 minutes, until the lentils and vegetables are both tender. 5. Serve with toppings of choice. We love topping with fresh cilantro, a dollop of yogurt and a few slices of avocado. Enjoy!

LEMON CURRY LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• cut sweet potatoes into coins about 1/2" thick then quarter them, cut up carrots and throw into pot
• Chop the rest of the veggies, I did the squash like the taters.
• add liquid and half of both onions and garlic salt and pepper and squeeze one lemon into the pot.
• boil until tender (about an hour).
• add all other ingredients and squeeze the juice from the other two lemons.
• cover but tilt lid so steam can escape some.
• 20 minutes and soup's on!

FLEURI'S CURRY LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the extra-virgin olive oil, 4 turns of the pan, the garlic, carrot, chile and shallot and cook until the mixture softens, about 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the lentils and toss to coat in the oil, season with salt, to taste and curry spices or Ras el hanout. Add the stock and water to the soup and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat and simmer until lentils are tender, about 40 minutes. Puree with an immersion blender into a smooth soup. Season with salt, if needed. Cool completely and store in the refrigerator for a make-ahead meal.
• Reheat the soup over medium heat and stir in the fresh spinach until wilted. Heat the naan on a griddle pan with a few drops of water until crisp and hot on each side, then brush liberally with melted butter.