delicious soup

[lasenorita]

hi, im new to the boards, starting one that is, I love to read them and get such great ideas from everyone. Anyway, i made curried lentil soup last nite and it was delicious and made the house smell great, so i thought i would share. i half made it up, half took it from other recipes. here it is in case anyone needs warming up like i did. ps DB loved it!!!
1 cup lentils
4.5 cups vegetable broth or chicken broth. ( i used a little of each to finish them off.)can use more if you want.
carrots
diced green apple
butternut squash
onions
2 bayleaves
tablespoon plus curry powder
tablespoon plus red curry paste
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt pepper to taste
*since i made it up, i used the amounts of carrots, squash that i liked

heat olive oil in soup pot, add carrots, squash, onion, apple, curry powder, curry paste. let cook for about 5 minutes. add broth, lentils, bayleaves, salt, pepper. bring to boil, let simmer 15 minutes or so. i then added more curry as thats what i love. it was so delicious. i dont have nutritional info. yet but i just got Mastercook and i think that is one of the functions. thanks.

[Kathy B]

Welcome to the BB, and thanks for sharing your recipe. It sounds great! Hope you will stick around and continue to share with us! Glad to have you!

We like lentil soup at our house, too! I don't think I've ever seen curry paste before. Is it in the spice section, or do you find it in a specialty store?

Thanks again!

[lasenorita]

hi, thanks for your welcome. I bought the red curry paste in the asian grocery store but i think you can find it in the aisle of thai food items of a major grocery store. i use it as a starter for my curries and my peanut sauce. it comes in a jar and is a bit spicy. you can add it (tablespoon should do it) at the end of soups too. but i bet you can make this soup without it too.