Red lentil and tomato soup

Serves: 6
Prep: 10
Cook: 30

A vibrant and delicious soup packed full of flavour. Quick and easy to make, it's high in iron, protein and fibre, a great meal to get the goodness of legumes into your day.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbs oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 500g dried red lentils
  • 7 cups water
  • 850g can chopped tomatoes, reduced salt
  • 415 can tomato soup, reduced salt
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 zucchini (courgette), grated

Method

  1. Step 1

    Heat oil in a large saucepan and saute onion, garlic and spices.
  2. Step 2

    Add washed lentils, water, tomatoes and tomato soup and bring mixture to the boil.
  3. Step 3

    Reduced heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Add zucchini (courgette) and salt and simmer a further 5 minutes.