Lentil soup with lemon recipe - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Lentil soup with lemon recipe By You Magazine - February 23, 2018 This is particularly popular in Lebanon and very healthy. It doubles as a main meal if you add chicken or lamb. It’s so easy to make and you’ll find local variations on the ingredients depending on where you go. The main one, dried lentils, can be either red or green – it really doesn’t matter – and it’s a bonus that they don’t need to be soaked first, so this can be rustled up in about half an hour. Phillipa Langley SERVES 4-6 100ml olive oil 1 onion, chopped 250g green or red lentils 1.5-2 litres hot water 1 medium potato, chopped 1 bunch of Swiss chard (about 100g), chopped 1½ tsp salt ½ tsp black pepper 6 garlic cloves, crushed large handful of coriander leaves, roughly chopped juice of 1 lemon 1. Heat half the olive oil in a medium saucepan and sauté the onion for about 5 minutes until starting to soften. Stir in the lentils and ensure that they are coated in the onion oil, then cook for 1 minute. 2. Pour in the hot water, cover the pan with a lid and bring to the boil. 3. Turn down the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes until the lentils are partly cooked. Add the potato, chard and seasoning, cover again and continue to simmer for 10-15 minutes until the lentils are completely cooked. 4. Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and stir in the garlic. Fry until just golden – it won’t take long, so watch it carefully – then add the coriander. Stir this mixture immediately into the soup and simmer for 2-3 minutes. 5. Pour in the lemon juice and simmer for a further minute. Serve straight away or, if you prefer, blitz until smooth. GET 20 PER CENT OFF TONY’S BOOK Recipe from Feasts from the Middle East by Tony Kitous, founder of Comptoir Libanais restaurants and delis, to be published on 8 March by HQ, price £20. Tony grew up in Algeria, with a love of home cooking and the food culture of his homeland. In the book he shares the flavour-packed, affordable dishes he loves the most (many inspired by his mum Zohra and by family memories), ranging from easy morning meals to grand dinners with friends. To order a copy for £16 until 11 March, visit you-bookshop.co.uk or call 0844 571 0640; p&p is free on orders over £15. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved