Lentil Soup is a creamy, healthy soup made by cooking dal with spice powders, flavours, onion & tomato. Lentil Soup is protein rich appetizing choice before a meal and often relished with breadsticks & butter.
As I’ve already mentioned I am not a soup person so didn’t bother to try soups all these days. But when I saw this protein rich soup in Tarladala cookbook I wanted to give a try. The orginal recipe called for masoor dhal since I didn’t have it, I went ahead with moong dhal. Its a easy, quick and a filling soup.
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Lentil Soup
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup moong dal
- 1 small carrot
- 1 no tomato
- a pinch of turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon pepper powder
- salt to taste
- lemon juice
To temper:
- 1 no clove
- 1/4 inch cinnamon
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 medium sized onion
Instructions
- Soak moong dhal for 15mins, drain water and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add cinnamom, cloves let it fry for a min then add garlic and onions allow it to saute until onions turn golden brow.
- Then add carrot, tomatoes, saute until tomatoes turn slightly mushy.
- Now add soaked moong dhal, turmeric powder, chilli powder, required salt. Add 3 cups of water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.
- When pressure releases, open and let it cool. Discard cinnamom and cloves alone, and grind the remaining ingredients in a mixie until smooth.
- Add pepper powder and mix well.
- Add water if the soup is thick, adjust according to your likeness.
- Garnish with lemon juice and serve Lentil Soup hot with bread / soup stick.
Notes
- For the above mentioned quantity it gives 2 generous bowls of soup. It is very thick so add water according to your liking.
- Adding carrot is purely optional, you can very well skip it or add any other veggie of your choice.
- I didn't want the flavour of cloves and cinnamon to dominate so I discarded it before grinding. You can grind with it too.
Method
- Soak moong dhal for 15mins, drain water and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add cinnamom, cloves let it fry for a min then add garlic and onions allow it to saute until onions turn golden brow.
- Then add carrot, tomatoes, saute until tomatoes turn slightly mushy. Now add soaked moong dhal, turmeric powder, chilli powder, required salt. Add 3 cups of water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.
- When pressure releases, open and let it cool. Discard cinnamom and cloves alone, and grind the remaining ingredients in a mixie until smooth. Add pepper powder and mix well.
- Add water if the soup is thick, adjust according to your likeness.Garnish with lemon juice and serve hot with bread/soup stick.
My Notes
- For the above mentioned quantity it gives 2 generous bowls of soup. It is very thick so add water according to ur liking.
- Adding carrot is purely optional, you can very well skip it or add any other veggie of your choice.
- I didnt want the flavour of cloves and cinnamom to dominate so I discarded it before grinding. You can grind with it too.
Premalatha Aravindhan
yummy soup,dhool presentation…lovely pics!
divya
Very colorful and so inviting soup…wonderful clicks!!!
Torviewtoronto
delicious combination looks wonderful
Kitchen Flavours
Wow…that's an thick, creamy and yum looking soup….
Swathi
Golden lentil soup looks delicious.
Satrupa
Oh my Gosh …. The soup looks so hearty ! I too am too lazy when it comes to making soups at home …. I usually go the short way ( canned ones). But this recipe is a real inspiration. Yummmm 🙂
Radhika
lovely presentation Sharmi.
Madhavi
Wow this soup looks so good..lovely recipe too!!
Pavithra
I am a soup person.. so I love this. Love that coffee cup sharmi.. Beautiful 😉
Shanavi
Pics speaks for the soup and it's very creamy
RAKS KITCHEN
I have soup only rarely,but not that I dont like it,love this soup,sounds filling!
Priya Sreeram
looks wow, nice clicks
Mahimaa's kitchen
soup looks very inviting. i am sure it tastes good.
Paaka Shaale
The soup looks so comforting sharmilee. And it is shot so well. Loved all the clicks 🙂
jeyashrisuresh
very comforting and filling soup.Adding cloves and cinnamon makes it flavourful.nice clicks
Valarmathi Sanjeev
Love the color of the soup,well presented… looks yummy.
Prathibha
This suits Indian appetite…complete protein packed soup..:)
Nithya
Hot and soothing soup 🙂 I'm sure its going to be really tasty since I love dhall a lot 🙂 A perfect comforting south Indian soup 🙂
Nice clicks 🙂 Second pic is fantastic 🙂 Feel like grabbing it from the pic 🙂
Kalpana Sareesh
I am a soup person.. any soup its my bowl.. urs superb presentation make me fall for them!!
M D
Ditto! I am not a soup person too… esp if I were to prepare it at home. I would rather enjoy it outside 🙂
Your soup looks yummy and deliciously healthy.
Rekha shoban
soup looks very thick n creamyyyy….superb presentation n click sharmi!
Rumana Rawat
Delicious soup:)
Prathima Rao
Deeeliiiiicious!!! I have d same book but dint try it out since it required masoor dal & we dont use masoor as i heard its not oo good for health…But i dint have d brains to find a substitute!! Will try this out soon ur way..
Prathima Rao
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Srimathi
looks very creamy. Love the clicks. Will try it soon
Priya
Beautiful bowl of warm and comforting soup, simply tempting..
Ramya
That looks soo smooth and creamy..Loved the presentation:-)
Suja Sugathan
Creamy and yummy soup..lovely presentation dear.
Soumya Vineeth
Looks perfect and healthy soup!
Kairali sisters
Hey Sharmi, like you i am also not a big fan of soups, but these days i try to include soups into our diet. This looks too good and i am def going to try this soon 🙂
JishasKItchen
wow…great recipe and the soup looks absolutely yummy….!!
savitha ramesh
Dal soup looks delicious.As usual ,ur pictures are always good.
swapna
Colorful and inviting soup….
Plateful
That's such a delicious and nutritious bowlful, ah! Lentil is my most favorite soup. Your pictures and presentation adds beauty to the recipe. Hey, I'd appreciate if you could find some time to check out my space, thanks!
Sandhya Hariharan
Gr8 clicks Sharmi… I m here after a break now…
You are doing an awesome job with ur DSLR!!!
Chitra
Nice clicks sharmi. I loved the bread stick dipped in soup 😉
Now Serving
Lovely pictures! warms the cockles so to speak 🙂
n33ma
Beautiful clicks and nice bowl of soup!
nitya
can someone tell me which moong dal to use…as in there are three types…right..?is it whole or split..?
Sharmilee! :)
@Nitya : It is split yellow moong dhal…
nitya
thank u so much…im gonna make it 2day for dinner 🙂
Anonymous
Yummy yummy soup thanks for sharing the recipe.Tried it super.Some more soup recipes pls
Manju
Priya
Thanks for the yummy recipe….. it came out great