Reprinted from The Blood Type Diet Website (www.dadamo.com)

Curried Lentil Soup

Description:

this is an amazing soup!

Ingredients:
  • 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 medium carrots diced
  • 2 large celery stalks diced
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 1 medium granny smith apple diced
  • 1 Tablespoon ginger root peeled & grated
  • 1 large garlic clove crushed
  • 2 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 3 3/4 cups vegetable broth
  • 2 cups lentils raw
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley or cilantro
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (optional)
How to make it:
  1. In a 5 quart dutch oven or sauce pot, heat olive oil over medium-high heat.
  2. Add carrots, celery, onion, and apple and cook, stirring occasionally 10 - 15 minutes until lightly browned.
  3. Add ginger, garlic, curry, cumin and coriander and cook, stirring often.
  4. Add vegetable broth, lentils and 5 cups of water; heat to boiling over high heat.
  5. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 45-55 minutes until lentils are tender stirring occasionally.
  6. Stir in parsley and salt.
  7. Makes about 10 cups.

    Note:

  8. I used extra garlic (3 large cloves) and ginger (2 Tablespoons)and I used chicken broth instead of vegetable broth also, I used 1 cup red lentils and 1 cup green lentils