Spiced lentil & ginger soup

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• Jan Reid

  11 February 2012

  Jan Reid rated and commented on this recipe

  

  ended up putting it all in the bin which is a first for me for a recipe from here. Found it to be like eating curry soup since the heat drove all the other tastes away. Not to my taste and won't be making again.

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• Beth

  15 April 2012

  Beth rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I have to find myself agreeing with the last reviewer - this was quite a boring soup.

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• adele

  08 May 2012

  adele rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Don' really agree with the other comments, but you can' t Argus about Taste, can you? Instead of curry powder, I put paste in it... Seasoned it very well, and for the lack of calories in this meal; Not bad whatsoever... Baguettes with it, and... Delicious.

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• Kate

  31 May 2012

  Kate commented on this recipe

  Loved this soup! Easy to make, healthy, low calorie and tasty. Definitely goes into my favourites!

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• dutchcook

  22 June 2012

  dutchcook rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Shame it gets such a bad comments. I think it needs stock cubes, I add 1,5 cube and I blend it a bit on the end, just so it still has some bits in it. It is my favourate soup to take to work, I love it!

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• mrsjackdaw

  03 November 2012

  mrsjackdaw rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Thanks for stock cube hint. Lovely soup. V low calorie but tastes like a proper meal

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• Cardiequeen

  09 November 2012

  Cardiequeen commented on this recipe

  Used a whole deseeded chilli and tablespoon of tikka curry powder but this was way too hot. Also lacked substance, so next time I'll add more lentils and less spice. For the low calories it contained, it was a good basic recipe.

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• TomPiper

  03 January 2013

  TomPiper rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I've just made this, and to be honest I was a little disappointed at first. I used Bolst curry powder (half hot, half mild as I had no medium). I brought it to life with a knorr chicken stock cube and chopped a small bunch of coriander. With those additions, I can't leave it alone, very tasty. The yoghurt is also essential!

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• Anastasia.baramidze

  11 February 2013

  Anastasia.baramidze rated and commented on this recipe

  

  One of my favourite meals!

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• dan

  27 March 2013

  dan rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Nice soup but its not 74 calories, I made it 124. Still low but 50 calories is a lot to some of us. Could have had a ryvita with a scrape of flora for 50 Cal. Will make it again

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• Hotfuzz

  25 April 2013

  Hotfuzz rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I found this to be a little bland. The stock suggestion sounded like a good idea but I didn't have any so I added cajun spice, a tin of red kidney beans and spring onion which gave it more of a mexican feel but still good and low calorie.

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• klipspringer

  23 May 2013

  klipspringer rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Yum! Just eaten a bowlful, and there's another in the fridge for tomorrow. Took on some suggestions from here and added in curry paste and cajun spice, plus some coriander leaves at the end. Didn't really add enough water so was quite thick, but I liked that.

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Ingredients

• olive oil
• 1 medium onion , finely chopped
• 1 large carrot , peeled and diced
• 2 sticks celery , diced
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 25g ginger , peeled and grated
• 1 red chilli , finely sliced
• 1 tbsp medium curry powder
• 150g red lentils , rinsed
• 400g tin chopped tomatoes
• 2 tbsp low-fat natural yogurt , to serve

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Serves 6

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Ready in 1 hr

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Ingredients

• olive oil
• 1 medium onion , finely chopped
• 1 large carrot , peeled and diced
• 2 sticks celery , diced
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 25g ginger , peeled and grated
• 1 red chilli , finely sliced
• 1 tbsp medium curry powder
• 150g red lentils , rinsed
• 400g tin chopped tomatoes
• 2 tbsp low-fat natural yogurt , to serve

PER SERVING

74 kcalories, protein 3.3g, carbohydrate 10g, fat 2.3 g, saturated fat 0.3g, fibre 2.1g, salt 0.1 g

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