Red lentil, chickpea & chilli soup

Red lentil, chickpea & chilli soup

Come home to a warming bowlful of this filling, low-fat soup

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Method

  1. Heat a large saucepan and dry-fry the cumin seeds and chilli flakes for 1 min, or until they start to jump around the pan and release their aromas. Add the oil and onion, and cook for 5 mins. Stir in the lentils, stock and tomatoes, then bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 mins until the lentils have softened.
  2. Whizz the soup with a stick blender or in a food processor until it is a rough purée, pour back into the pan and add the chickpeas. Heat gently, season well and stir in the coriander. Finish with a dollop of yogurt and coriander leaves.

Per serving

222 kcalories, protein 13g, carbohydrate 33g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 6g, sugar 6g, salt 0.87 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2010.

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    15 October 2012

    Lu rated and commented on this recipe

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    BRILLIANT!!! Love it.

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  • 18 October 2012

    Melh111 commented on this recipe

    Love this recipe it's just the thing when you come home from work. Easy to make aswell i put it in my slow cooker and i thought of nothing else all day

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  • 22 October 2012

    Jonno commented on this recipe

    Made this soup for a dinner party everyone wanted more. I just added a few more chilli flakes for extra kick. A winner everytime

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  • 25 October 2012

    Iwoneczka rated and commented on this recipe

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    Amazing!!!

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  • 25 October 2012

    Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

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    I swapped the chilli flakes for fresh chillis and it was really delicious, especially with the cool yoghurt.

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  • 27 October 2012

    jcookie rated and commented on this recipe

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    just made this recipe,within 20 seconds of dry frying the cumin and chilli my husband and granchildren and i had to open all the doors and windows because the fumes where choking us,we were still coughing hours later.surely these instructions must be wrong.

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  • 28 October 2012

    Lmercerlol commented on this recipe

    Nice soup, we found adding some smoked paprika at the end really added something

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  • 30 October 2012

    mother inferior rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is wonderful and needs no alterations whatsoever. Fantastic flavour for something so virtuous!

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  • 30 October 2012

    leisurepirate rated and commented on this recipe

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    Lovely warming almost barbecue flavour.

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  • 01 November 2012

    Isik rated this recipe

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  • 06 November 2012

    Kingy commented on this recipe

    Lovely soup. Still had to add in some prawns to satisfy my other half, as no meat was not going to wash! It was warm and satisfying, lovely texture. You may need to add more water as you go to get it to the thickness of your preference. I added extra black pepper, turmeric, cayenne pepper and paprika for some extra taste. Could have even added fresh chill for more of a kick.

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  • 06 November 2012

    cheebelly rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really nice!! never had chopped tomatoes.. thought I had, used passatta instead, still turned out nice n thick and just enough chilli to spice things up

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  • 09 November 2012

    Coke rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So delicious will make this soup definitely again.

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  • 11 November 2012

    Laura Full Bora rated this recipe

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  • 11 November 2012

    Bambi_mj85 commented on this recipe

    I made this for me and my boyfriend added a little more flaked chilli as we like a good kick used a white onion as didn't have red and it was delicious! Just what was needed for a freezing night in

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  • 12 November 2012

    LPY Keep rated and commented on this recipe

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    This soup is amazing! So easy and very tasty.

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  • 15 November 2012

    KRISSY commented on this recipe

    OMG heavenly!! I added 2 small chillies, 2 cloves of garlic, a whole can of chickpeas and more lentils for a thicker soup.

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  • 17 November 2012

    mumsrecipes rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was lovely & really easy to make. So tasty that we nearly had whole saucepan full by just tasting it!

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  • 18 November 2012

    grenouilleverte rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious!

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  • 20 November 2012

    ScrumptiousPumpkin commented on this recipe

    I found this too watery, I would halve the amount of stock if I make again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • large pinch chilli flakes
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 red onion , chopped
  • 140g red split lentils
  • 850ml vegetable stock or water
  • 400g can tomatoes , whole or chopped
  • 200g carton chickpeas or ½ a can, rinsed and drained (freeze leftovers)
  • small bunch coriander , roughly chopped (save a few leaves, to serve)
  • 4 tbsp 0% Greek yogurt , to serve
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Per serving

222 kcalories, protein 13g, carbohydrate 33g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 6g, sugar 6g, salt 0.87 g

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