A warm welcome to my Gluten Free Aussie Vegan website. Today I’m going to share with you a winter recipe called Broccoli & Red Lentil Soup. This is a tasty thick and chunky soup although if you prefer your soups smoother you can blend it.

For the video recipe click the video below otherwise keep scrolling for the written recipe.

Ingredients for the soup.

Mmm broccoli goodness.

RECIPE

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

– 1-2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil

– 1 Onion chopped

– 1 tsp Cumin Seeds

– 1 tsp Black Mustard Seeds

– 1/2 cup Red Lentils (rinsed & drained)

– 2 cups of Broccoli stalks (I did mine pretty chunky in the video you can cut them smaller

– 2 cups Water

– 1/2 tsp salt

– 1 cup plant based milk. I used Almond but you can also use Soy Milk.

– 1 Tbsp Soy or Tamari Sauce (check label to ensure gluten free and vegan)

– 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice

– 1/2 tsp Garam Masala

– 1/2 tsp Turmeric

– 1/2 tsp Chilli Powder or flakes (optional)

– Salt & Pepper at the end to taste

How to prepare:

Heat the vegetable oil in a generous size pot at medium heat
Add in the chopped onion and saute’ for a couple of minutes until it starts to go transparent
Add the cumin seeds, black mustard seeds & rinsed red lentils and mix through and continue to saute’ for another minute or so until the seeds start to pop a little. Keep stirring. You may need to add a little more oil or water if it starts to stick to the bottom of the pot as happened to me.
Now it’s time to add in the 2 cups of broccoli and 2 cups of water. Bring to the boil and then cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes until the broccoli and red lentils are cooked.
Then add in the almond or soy milk along with the soy sauce, lemon juice, turmeric, garam masala and chilli powder and mix well.
Let it simmer for a few more minutes to ensure the spices have infused into the soup nicely. Taste test and adjust the flavours as needed. If you want a smoother soup then blend now. Otherwise it is ready to serve up.

I love my soup over a bed of rice but you of course can have it on its own, with some bread or an equally tasty accompaniment.