lentil soup with lime juice
Lentil Soup with Lime Juice Posted by Olga at recipegoldmine.com 4/25/02 6:36:45 pm Source: Fiesta of Santa Fe Here is a light lentil soup made Southwestern rather than Middle East...
Ingredients
- 11/2 cups dried lentils
- 6cupwater, and additional water as needed
- 11/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2teaspooncracked black pepper
- 1/2teaspoonwhole cumin
- 1/2teaspoondried mint, thyme, or oregano
- 3bay leaves
- 1/4to 1/2 cup canned chopped mild green chiles
Directions
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Lentil Soup with Lime Juice Posted by Olga at recipegoldmine.com 4/25/02 6:36:45 pm Source: Fiesta of Santa Fe Here is a light lentil soup m
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It can be served in summer as well as winter and is eminently easy to fix
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For about 6 cups, serving 4 to 6
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1 1/2 cups dried lentils 6 cups water, and additional water as needed 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper 1/2 teaspoon wh
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Skim off any foam that rises to the surface, cover the pot, and boil gently until lentils are thoroughly soft - this takes anywhere from 30
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Place the green chiles and 1 cup of the soup into a food processor and process continuously until pureed
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Return mixture to the soup in the pot
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Wipe the processor bowl with a paper towel or rinse lightly, then finely chop first the bell pepper and then the carrot in it, using repeate
