This soup will warm the "cockles of your heart".
The
quantity of curry powder is negotiable according how spicy
your family will like their food. Mine don't like soup
too hot so I only use 1 teaspoon of curry powder. Bear
in mind also that your curry powder may be a different
strength to mine.
The links immediately below are
not my recipes but you may find them interesting
anyway.
To convert any of these ingredients into US measurements please
use this
Quantity Conversion
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Ingredients:
1 large brown onion
2 teaspoons of oil
1 teaspoon of curry powder
6 cups of good vegetable stock
1 cup of red lentils
2 tablespoons of tomato paste
1 tin diced tomatoes, about 400 gm (1 pound) size, will do
1 large zucchini
Salt and pepper
Method:
Place onion, oil and curry powder in large saucepan and
cook till onion is golden.
Add stock, lentils, tomatoes and tomato paste and cook
for 15 minutes.
De-seed zucchini, dice and add to soup. Gently cook
for a further 20 minutes.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Serves 8.
Notes:
If you don't have any vegetable stock on hand you can use
water and stock powder instead. Because this recipe
has lentils in it you will need to be vigilant about
stirring it or the lentils may stick to the bottom of the
pan.
If you don't have tinned tomatoes then chop up some fresh
tomatoes instead.
Food Facts:
Lentils are one of our oldest foods. They originated in
Asia and North Africa and are still grown there as well as in France
and Italy. they are rich in B Vitamins which boost our immune
systems. Lentils can help boost energy, they are rich in fibre and
are full of anti-carcinogenic phyto chemicals. Their colours
range from yellow to red-orange to green, brown or even black.
Canada is the largest export producer of lentils in the world.
Zucchinis are native to the Americas and their origins have been
traced back to Mexico as far as 7,000 BC. Zucchinis were taken to
Italy where they became known as zucchinos - which means sweetness.
The French call them courgettes. They have a high water
content and are very low in calories. Zucchinis are full of
valuable anti oxidants, Vitamin A and C and potassium.
