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Hearty Vegetable Soup

This vegetable soup is really comforting and so flavor packed
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Course: Soup
Keyword: easy soup recipe, easy vegetarian recipes, hearty vegetable soup, winter soup recipes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 4 medium carrots
  • 2 small potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 2 celery stalks finely chopped
  • 2 small bay leaf
  • 2 large cloves garlic minced
  • 4 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 tsp curry powder see note 1
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1/2 cup brown lentils
  • 3 roma tomatoes skin removed and chopped
  • 4 cups vegetable stock
  • 2 cups baby spinach
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1/2 cup fresh cream (optional)

Instructions

  • Add olive oil, bay leaf, onion, thyme, carrots and celery to a pot. Saute until the onion is translucent
  • Add the garlic and fry for a minute
  • Mix in the turmeric, cumin and curry powder and fry for a minute
  • Add the tomatoes and potatoes
  • Mix in the vegetable stock. Season with more salt if required. Add some pepper
  • Allow it to simmer for 45 minutes to an hour until the potatoes are soft and tender
  • You can keep the soup chunky or you can remove the bay leaf and thyme sprigs and use a blender and blend the soup a little. Add cream if you are using some
  • Once you blend it a little, add the spinach and heat just a little until it wilts
  • Garnish with some parsley and serve hot with some crusty bread

Notes

  1. I used the Woolworths hot curry powder and I must say it takes this soup to a whole new level. However, not everyone may have access to it so any curry powder will do
  2. The cream is totally optional but it does add a lovely richness to the soup
  3. Be careful when adding salt because the stock already has salt so you may not need too much