Thursday January 8th, 2015
Red lentil, carrots and ginger soup

For 4-5 servings:
150 g red lentils
1 onion, chopped
5 carrots, sliced
3 cm ginger, chopped (or 1 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder)
1 tbsp. tomato paste
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper, to taste
patunjel, finely chopped
lemon
olive oil
Wash the lentils thoroughly and cook them together with the onion, carrots, ginger and the bay leaf, in 1.5 l water .
When the lentils and vegetables are cooked remove the bay leaf than blend it until smooth.
Add the tomato paste, salt and pepper to taste and cook for few minutes longer.
Garnish on the plate with parsley, lemon juice and olive oil, to taste.