Lentil Soup

Lentil Soup

Method

  1. Chop onion, celery and carrots.
  2. Cut bread slices into cubes and deep fry to a golden brown colour.
  3. Melt butter in a pan.
  4. Sauté onions, carrots, celery and washed lentils.
  5. Add water and Ferns’ Mulligatawny Curry Paste, bring to a boil and simmer until lentils are cooked.
  6. Purée the cooked lentils and vegetables and strain through a soup strainer.
  7. Mix with white sauce.
  8. Adjust the seasoning.
  9. Serve hot garnished with parsley and bread croutons.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup red lentils (masoor dal)
  • 2 small carrots
  • 1 medium-sized onion
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 2 cups white sauce
  • 2 teaspoons Ferns’ Mulligatawny Curry Paste
  • 2 slices bread for croutons
  • Parsley for garnish
  • 1 tablespoon butter.