Hearty lentil soup - Real Recipes from Mums

Serves 4
40 minutes
Difficulty Easy
13 Ingredients

Colourful and tasty soup to warm up your heart. For extra spiciness, try adding chilli flakes, or my homemade recipe for chilli sauce here.

Ingredients (serves 4)

1 tin of 400g lentils
2 large potatoes, peeled, cut into 1cm cubes
2 carrot cut into 1cm cubes
1 small brown onion finely chopped
1/2 punnet cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup corn kernels
1/2 cup frozen peas
1 TBSP tomato paste
1 TBSP cooking oil
1 litre boiling water
1 TBSP homemade chilli pepper sauce (optional)
1 lime cut into 4 wedges
Turkish bread (optional)

Method

Heat oil in a large pot and saute onion until soft, add potatoes and carrots to pot, stir to coat with oil, keep cooking for 2 minutes. Add enough cold water to cover veggies in pot, add a pinch of salt, and bring to a boil for a minute, turn heat down to simmer until veggies are soft (about 10 minutes).
Add lentils and the rest of the vegetables, add boiling water to pot and mix in tomato paste, stir to combine. Continue to simmer with lid on for another 20~30 minutes.
Check and season to your taste and serve in soup bowl. Mix in chilli sauce and add squeezed lime juice. Serve with toasted Turkish bread.

Notes

This spicy lentil soup has been the most popular one in my household in the winter for its heart warming effect. Adding a little chilli flakes or chilli sauce along with lime juice compliments the whole taste sensation. But you can leave these two things out if your kids don't like them. We love to tear up bread and mop up the soup bowl too.

28 Comments
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- - meedee said
  - 26 May 2021
    11:34 am
I would love to have this warming on the stove when I get home from work tonight.

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- - ella12 said
  - 07 Jun 2016
    12:50 pm
This certainly looks very lovely and healthy.

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- - rovermum said
  - 06 Jun 2016
    11:49 am
I love a hearty soup. This is a different take on my vegie soup. I’m always up for new and different ideas, so I’ll definitely be taking this one.
- Missey Grace replied
  
  06 Jun 2016 , 8:48 pm
  Thank you, rovermum
  I have another hearty soup that’s popular with kids too, and I will share it with you shortly.
  Enjoy!!
  Missey
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- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 05 Jun 2016
    7:16 pm
Love this concept. What is an add about free lancing doing on a soup recipe? lol

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 05 Jun 2016
    8:10 am
Winter = soup time. Love getting my soup on!

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- - curlytops said
  - 04 Jun 2016
    5:03 pm
I love your idea of serving with lime wedges.

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- - mom101628 said
  - 04 Jun 2016
    4:32 pm
Wonderful soup recipe, especially now that winter is coming on.

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- - mom134803 said
  - 04 Jun 2016
    3:44 am
Mmm, we love soup. I make a big pot with thick heart warming soup at least once or twice a week.
- Missey Grace replied
  
  04 Jun 2016 , 9:38 pm
  That’s fantastic, mom
  This is the season that we need to look after the family with good hearty meals.
  What better ways to share a big bowl of soup at the dinner table with loved ones?
  Cheers, Missey
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- - mom93821 said
  - 02 Jun 2016
    11:10 am
Love lentils and this soup looks lovely! Thanks

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- - mom62624 said
  - 02 Jun 2016
    4:37 am
A lovely heart-warming meal and great taste sensation!.

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- - katith21 said
  - 01 Jun 2016
    11:16 pm
I made this for tea tonight, because it is so cold here. This is so good, and knowing it’s healthy is twice as good

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- - mum4107 said
  - 01 Jun 2016
    5:47 am
Thank you Missy. A delicious recipe to warm me up this winter

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- - mom160421 said
  - 31 May 2016
    11:41 pm
Once again you’ve given us another wonderful recipe Missy Grace. I will be trying this lentil soup soon as we are now moving into colder weather.
- Missey Grace replied
  
  02 Jun 2016 , 4:02 pm
  Lovely mom, this is by far the most frequently requested soup and it’s so easy to cook.
  Use the shop-bought tin lentil saved the time to boil the legume too.
  You can also do it during the weekdays, don’t have to wait till Saturday or Sunday
  - Missey Grace replied
    
    02 Jun 2016 , 4:03 pm
    
    Lovely mom, this is by far the most frequently requested soup and it’s so easy to cook.
    Use the shop-bought tin lentil saves the time to boil the legume too.
    You can also do it during the weekdays, don’t have to wait till Saturday or Sunday
  - mom93821 replied
    
    03 Jun 2016 , 6:14 am
    
    Thanks for always giving good and helpful feedback on your recipes!
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- - leveestee said
  - 31 May 2016
    11:02 pm
What a delicious recipe just in time for Winter! I’ll be making this on the weekend and stocking up!

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- - youngoldlady said
  - 31 May 2016
    10:21 pm
Great weather for soup and can puree for the younger ones as they love thick soup.

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- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 31 May 2016
    7:38 pm
Wow what a recipe ! Sounds like it would fill me up!

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- - ashblonde said
  - 31 May 2016
    5:25 pm
A hearty soup that I look forward to cooking! Thanks!

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- - Nas01 said
  - 31 May 2016
    2:59 pm
Yum, this looks amazing.

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- - mom112217 said
  - 31 May 2016
    2:12 pm
A colourful soup that will be delicious this time of the year,thanks!

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- - mom90758 said
  - 31 May 2016
    2:06 pm
It looks gorgeous, Missey!! It’s so cold today here that I would love to enjoy one warm cup of this soup!!
- Missey Grace replied
  
  31 May 2016 , 2:17 pm
  Please go ahead and cook it – it was -2 where I am this morning, had to had a cup of hot cocoa to warm me up too.
  I hope this soup will cheer you up.
  - Missey Grace replied
    
    31 May 2016 , 2:19 pm
    
    How rude of me, I was going to sign off but accidentally hit the button.
    Cheers, Missey
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