{"id":2132,"date":"2022-09-04T17:01:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T17:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/?p=2132"},"modified":"2026-01-01T19:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:44:07","slug":"spiced-tomato-lentil-chickpea-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/spiced-tomato-lentil-chickpea-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiced Tomato, Lentil & Chickpea Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span>Spiced Tomato, Lentil & Chickpea Soup<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Here's a soup with Moroccan influences.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Total Time<\/span>1 hour<\/span><\/span> hr<\/span> 15 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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Servings: <\/span>6<\/span><\/div>\n\n
Author: <\/span>Adapted from: Pip Payne, The Slimming Foodie in One<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

<\/span>Ingredients<\/span><\/h3>

<\/span>For the Spice Mix<\/span><\/h4>
  • 1<\/span> tsp<\/span> ground cumin<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> tsp<\/span> ground turmeric<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> tsp<\/span> ground ginger<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bd<\/span> tsp<\/span> ground cinnamon<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bd<\/span> tsp<\/span> salt<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bd<\/span> tsp<\/span> pepper<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>

    <\/span>For the Soup<\/span><\/h4>
    • 2<\/span> onions<\/span> quartered<\/span><\/li>
    • 2<\/span> celery stalks<\/span> roughly chopped<\/span><\/li>
    • 1<\/span> tsp<\/span> olive oil<\/span><\/li>
    • 1<\/span> (14oz) can<\/span> plum tomatoes<\/span><\/li>
    • 2<\/span> carrots<\/span> peeled and roughly chopped<\/span><\/li>
    • 4<\/span> garlic cloves<\/span><\/li>
    • Large<\/span> handful<\/span> parsley leaves<\/span> plus extra, chopped, to serve<\/span><\/li>
    • 1<\/span> red chili<\/span> deseeded and finely chopped<\/span><\/li>
    • 1\u00be<\/span> pints<\/span> low-sodium vegetable stock<\/span> hot<\/span><\/li>
    • 5\u00bd<\/span> oz<\/span> dried red lentils<\/span><\/li>
    • 1<\/span> (14oz) can<\/span> chickpeas<\/span> drained and rinsed<\/span><\/li>
    • 1<\/span> sweet potato<\/span> peeled and chopped<\/span><\/li>
    • 3<\/span> Tbsp<\/span> tomato pure\u00e9<\/span><\/li>
    • 2<\/span> lemons<\/span> cut into wedges, to serve<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n

      <\/span>Instructions<\/span><\/h3>

      <\/span>To make spice mix:<\/span><\/h4>
      • In a small bowl, stir together all spice mix ingredients.<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>

        <\/span>To make soup:<\/span><\/h4>
        • In a food processor, blend onions and celery until very finely chopped.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
        • In a large saucepan, heat oil and scrape in onion and celery. Saut\u00e9 gently for 10 minutes, stirring every now and then to prevent sticking. <\/span><\/div><\/li>
        • Meanwhile, put tomatoes, carrots, garlic, parsley, and chili in food processor. Blend until smooth.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
        • After 10 minutes, increase heat, add spice blend to onions and celery and stir through for 30 seconds. Reduce heat to low and pour in tomato mixture. Stir through, and then add hot stock, red lentils, chickpeas, sweet potato, and tomato pure\u00e9.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
        • Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat and gently simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
        • Serve with lemon wedges and parsley<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n
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          <\/span>Notes<\/span><\/h3>
          This is a soup so thick and hearty that it is almost a stew. If you have cilantro or mint leaves to use up, they are also a great addition to this meal.<\/span>
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          <\/span>Bryan’s notes:<\/span><\/h5>\nWhen I made this, I didn’t have enough celery, so I made do with one relatively small stick; I used a full 32 fl. oz. (2 pints) package of vegetable stock, to avoid having a small amount left over; I didn’t have a red chili, so I substituted pepper flakes for that; finally, I used a whole can of tomato pur\u00e9e, again to avoid having left over pur\u00e9e.<\/span>
          <\/div>\nThe resulting soup was extremely tasty, and, as warned above, very thick (despite the extra liquid).<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1598,387,132,697,2437,1713,1712],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bryans-favorites","category-north-african","category-soup","category-stove-top","category-uucm-auction-soup","category-vegan","category-vegetarian"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/spicy-tomato-lentil-chickpea-soup.2__42658.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2158,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132\/revisions\/2158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}