Dhal soup with pumpkin

Dhal soup with pumpkin

Pumpkin purée adds a bit of autumnal colour to this easy Indian-spiced lentil soup recipe.

Dhal soup with pumpkin

Next time: try this delicious pumpkin and sage frittata.

  • Serves icon Serves 4
  • Time icon Ready in 1½ hours

Pumpkin purée adds a bit of autumnal colour to this easy Indian-spiced lentil soup recipe.

Next time: try this delicious pumpkin and sage frittata.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
422kcals
Fat
24.2g (16g saturated)
Protein
17.2g
Carbohydrates
37.1g (6.5g sugar)
Salt
0.1g

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 4 whole garlic cloves
  • About 1cm piece of fresh ginger
  • 2 whole red chillies (optional)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 cloves
  • 2 onions, finely diced
  • 2 celery sticks, finely diced
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 200g dried brown lentils, rinsed well
  • 450g pumpkin or winter squash
  • 400g can coconut milk
  • ½ tsp grated nutmeg
  • ½ tsp white sugar
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Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the garlic, ginger, chillies, cinnamon and cloves. Fry for 30 seconds, then add the onions and celery. Reduce the heat and fry for 5 minutes, stirring.
  2. Add the tomato purée and the lentils and stir well. Add 1 litre water and simmer rapidly for 10 minutes, skimming any froth from the surface. Reduce the heat to very low and cook for 1 hour or until the lentils are really tender. Season, remove from the heat and discard the garlic, ginger and spices. For a thicker soup, blitz half with a stick blender.
  3. Meanwhile, peel, deseed and dice the pumpkin. Put in a pan with the coconut milk, nutmeg, sugar and some salt. Simmer and cook for 45 minutes, until the pumpkin is falling apart. Purée or mash, then season.
  4. Ladle the soup into bowls and top each with the pumpkin purée.

Nutrition

Calories
422kcals
Fat
24.2g (16g saturated)
Protein
17.2g
Carbohydrates
37.1g (6.5g sugar)
Salt
0.1g

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