Lentil, Spinach, Tomato Soup - A simple nutritious easy to prepare soup

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Ingradients

Red Lentils - 1 cup

Spinach - 1 slab frozen

Tomato paste/puree - 1 cup

Vegetable/Olive oil - 1 table spoon

Red Chillies 2 or 3

Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon

Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon

Turmuric powder - 1 teaspoon

Asafoetida - a pinch

Salt - 1 dinner spoon heaped

 

Method

Wash the letils and cook in 2 cups boiling water till it is well done

and soft

(Takes about 30 minutes if not done in a pressure cooker)

Heat vegetable/Olive oil in a deep saucepan.

Add the mustard and cumin seeds when the oil is hot. Let it crackle

Add the red chillies, Asafoetida. Immediately add the turmeric

powder.

Then immediately add the spinach. Add some water. Close the lid and

allow it to cook at first on high.

Then let it cook on medium for 10 to 15 minutes till the spinach is

thawed and soft.

Add the tomato paste.

Add the cooked red lentils with the water. Bring to a boil. Add Salt,

chillipoweder if you like. Stir and close the lid. Serve with a

dallop of butter on the top for extra taste.

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, " totallyfreeenergy "

<totallyfreeenergy wrote:

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Is there anything to use in place of Asafoetid?