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Red lentil soup with feta and couscous

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 3 shallots
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil or coconut oil
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • curry
  • turmeric
  • Paprika powder, sweet
  • coriander
  • chili powder
  • 250 g lentils, red
  • 1 liter of water
  • 3 cans of tomatoes, 400ml each
  • Salt
  • broth, instant
  • 1 lemon(s), the juice
  • 200 g feta cheese
  • 100 g couscous
  • 100 ml water, for the couscous
  • Salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

simple and vegetarian

Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the shallots until translucent. Briefly sauté the curry, chili powder, coriander, paprika, turmeric, and tomato paste. Then add the thoroughly rinsed lentils and pour in the water. Simmer until the lentils are soft. Caution: Do not add salt or stock yet, or the lentils will remain hard! In the meantime, cook the couscous according to the instructions. Usually, it is simply lightly salted and boiled water is poured over it. Set aside and let it steep. When the lentils are soft, add the canned tomatoes and season with salt and lemon juice. Now add the feta (reserve some for garnish) and purée the soup. Serve in bowls and add the couscous and the remaining feta.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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