Description
A comforting and hearty soup made with sweet potatoes and red lentils, flavored with warming spices.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 medium sweet yellow onion
- 1 large sweet potato (1/2 pound)
- 2 large carrots
- 1 inch ginger
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 small serrano pepper (optional; adds spice)
- olive oil (as needed)
- 1 cup dry red lentils
- 1 tablespoon garam masala
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt (or 1/2 teaspoon table salt)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 15 ounce can full-fat coconut milk
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 1 small lime
Instructions
- Dice the onion.
- Cut the sweet potato into roughly 1/2-inch cubes. You can peel the sweet potato if you prefer.
- Grate the carrot on the largest holes of a box grater to make matchstick strips.
- Grate the ginger and garlic into a paste using the smallest holes on a box grater or a Microplane.
- Add a drizzle of oil to a 4-quart or larger slow cooker.
- Add the diced onion, cubed sweet potato, matchstick carrots, grated ginger, grated garlic, and diced serrano.
- Stir in the dry red lentils, garam masala, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, coriander, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Add the tomato paste, coconut milk, and vegetable broth. Stir well.
- Cover with the lid and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
- The soup is ready when the lentils and sweet potato are tender. Stir in the juice from a lime before serving.
Notes
- Note #1: A mix of vegetable base bouillon and water can be used for the vegetable broth.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Category: Soup
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Indian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 13g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 10g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 0mg