This is by far my favorite soup, ever. Well at least at this point in my life. I usually call it Moroccan Lentil soup but since I already posted a Lentil Soup on here I did not want to confuse anyone. I can live on this soup for days and it may be my last meal if my stomach can handle the spice in my golden years. It is also super healthy (I hope at least) loaded with protein and spicy, but with just the right layer of spices. I have given out recipe for this soup to at least dozen people so I don’t think it is me, It’s them.
You will need: 2 chopped onions, 2 garlic cloves minced, 1 tsp grated ginger, 6 cups water, 1 cup lentils, 1 (15oz) can garbanzo beans, drained, 1 (19oz) can cannellini beans, 1 (14.5 oz ) can diced tomatoes, 1/2 cup diced carrots, 1/2 cup celery, 1 tsp garam masala, 1/2 tsp ground cardamon, 1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp ground cumin, 1 tbs olive oil.
Now you see why I like it? You can have the ingredients for this soup in your pantry at all times. A can of this and a can of that, add loads of spices and you have heaven in a bowl.
Chop two onions and 2 cloves of garlic
peel and grate ginger
saute onions, garlic and ginger in 1 tbs olive oil for about 5 min or until translucent.
In the meantime dice the carrots and celery
To the sauteed onion add lentils, carrots, celery
tomatoes, garbanzos, cannellini beans
cover with 6 cups of water
add 1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp cardamon
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp of cumin. Bring to boil for a few minutes, lower the heat and simmer until the lentils are soft.
Puree half the soup in the food processor (or whole soup if you want it smooth), return to the pot, stir and enjoy. Or better yet do it like me: take the pot and lock yourself in a room with a fresh french baguette and pretend that nothing was cooked today. That smell of amazing flavor lingering throughout the house must be from the new scented candle that I just bought.
I just love your photos. Do you take them? I can’t figure out how you take it AND strategically place the olive oil pouring into the pan… Anyway…. can’t wait to try this- it’s right up my alley!
Looks delicious. I’m going to make it tonight!
Yummy! This recipe and it’s ingredients is only outdone by the images that you have posted.
You’re just once again proving that fiber can be both tasty and healthy.
Thanks for sharing with us.
The pictures show two cans of cannallini beans. Is that correct? This may be a dumb question, but are lentils just beans or are they a certain kind of beans?
I’m not usually the biggest soup eater but all of the spices in this have me drooling! Sounds delicious!
The recipe calls for 19 oz can and I can never find one that size so I open two and eat the rest
As far as I can tell lentils are just regular beans that are more predominant in Middle Eastern cooking, high in protein and amino acids, but I don’t really know how different it is from other beans.
This looks amazing and it has exactly the flavors I love. Thanks for recommending it! I can’t wait to try it out
Your recipe is bubbling on my stove right now. Smells fantastic and “cook’s taste” was delish. Can’t wait for my husband to arrive from work so we can really enjoy it!
‘Tis the weather for some hearty bean soup. And the Moroccan flavors just makes it even more enticing.
I knew I would be in trouble if I ventured anywhere near your cooking!!! Right now all I have time for is bookmarking! But you can bet this and the Curried Squash and Apple soup will be consumed by two happy people in Januryy!
This is amazing! I have a snow day today, and have been letting this soup simmer all morning. I just decided it’s lunch time and…YUM! So good. Thank you!
OK – this soup is crazy delicious! My sweetie told me to tell you “FIVE STARS!”
Seriously – how do you know how to put all these flavors together so well.
We don’t care for lentils, so I used less water and more beans and I didn’t actually run it through the blender because we like a more brothy soup. But OMG so, so yummy!
Another hit! Thank you! My sweetie thanks you! And when I make a pot for Diane and her sweetie, they will thank you too!
We are having this for dinner tonight, it smells great!