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Scaling note: Soup thickens as it scales; add extra stock to loosen.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, diced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 200 g red lentils, rinsed
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 litre vegetable stock
- 1 tbsp butter or oil
- 0.5 tsp paprika
- 1 lemon
Method
- Cook onion, carrot and garlic until softened.
- Add lentils, cumin and stock; simmer until lentils collapse.
- Blend until smooth.
- Warm butter with paprika and drizzle over each bowl with lemon.
AI recipe note
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