Today, during our month of healthy(ish) recipes, we are making a super simple and extra delicious Red Lentil & Sweet Potato Soup. This vegetarian (or vegan) soup can be made quickly with ingredients readily available in your house or at your local grocery store.
We like our version of this soup to be on the spicy side, but by omitting the chilies it is quite mild. Serve with naan bread or pappadums. It will keep in the fridge for several days and only get better with age.
2 tbsp coconut oil
8 cloves garlic; thinly sliced
1” piece of ginger; peeled & minced
1 onion; thinly sliced
1tbsp turmeric
1tbsp cumin
1tbsp coriander
1.5 cups red lentils
1 medium sweet potatoes; diced
3 cups coconut milk
2 cups water or vegetable stock
1 cup cilantro; chopped
2 limes
1 Thai red chili, sliced (optional)
1tbsp mint chutney (optional)
• heat the coconut oil in a pot; add the garlic & ginger; cook about 3 minutes until it starts to brown. Add onion and a pinch of salt and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
• once the onion has cooked add the spices and cook 30 seconds; add the lentils, sweet potatoes and stir for a minute.
• Add coconut milk and water. Season with salt and add 1/2 of the chopped cilantro. Add the Thai chili if using. Cook for 25-35 minutes, stirring occasionally until the sweet potato is cooked and the lentils have broken down.
• Taste for seasoning and add the juice of the limes, the mint chutney and the remainder of the chopped cilantro.
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20 Comments
Made this for supper tonight. Ummm… yum!!! Love this YouTube channel you’re doing.
Can’t wait to try it. Did you soak your red lentils overnight?
Made this fabulous soup tonight. Served it with your Focaccia bread recipe for supper- 'Twas a huge hit! Great channel! Thanks from Wolfville
Hey, I Love your videos, they are so insightful. Is there any local specific places where you buy most of you meat and vegetables ?
My brother, Dave, sent me your wonderful video. You were a chef for one of his inns on PEI a while back. I'm vegan so he thought I'd enjoy your recipe. Can't wait to try it!
Thanks to you both for stopping by our table on re-opening night. I’m making this soup tonight! I have a perennial Asian herb called Vietnamese cilantro (it isn’t cilantro but tastes the same). I overwinter it indoors in a pot, and grow it outside in summer. As for red lentils, I feel like they are brown lentils with the outer hull removed. The Lebanese call them soup lentils. I often mix them 1:1 in soup recipes to get the texture I like. Best wishes!
So creamy and delicious! The coconut milk made it extra delectable. I added a bit of apple to it too.
P.S. It IS true – you can never have too much lime
This was deeeelicious!! And quick. My 10 yr old ate it up! Thanks for sharing …love watching you & Doug.
My sister and I made this soup yesterday. It was great. Had leftovers today and if anything it was better. I love the blue pot.
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Made it last night and it was AMAZING! Thanks for sharing!!
Made this today – delicious! First time making a soup with coconut milk and loved it. Thanks for the recipe!
Smoked mussels….Do you just buy it canned? Tried this and the oil plus mussels discolored my chowder, though it tasted great. But, we do eat with our eyes…
Made this today, and I am afraid I will eat everything by myself! Second recipe done and both have been amazing! Thank you for sharing with us!
Looks amazing. A staple soup that can be made any time of year. Love it!
You two are terrific!
Best red Lentil soup so far! Huge thank you!
Looks GREAT Christmas 2021 in 6 days Is there a chance that this could be frozen?? Seasons Greetings and Best Wishes to all
🍠🍠Tomorrow is National cook a Sweet Potato day! To celebrate Im researching new sweet Potato recipes. Thanks for sharing this recipe! I’ll be sharing a sweet potato recipe on my channel tomorrow to celebrate. I hope we can support and learn from each other. Happy National cook a Sweet Potato Day! 🍠🍠
#SweetPotatoDay
2 minutes and 26 seconds in and you just start to make the recipe I switched of by then….you Americans love the sound of your own voice unbelievable