Name: Red lentil soup with ginger and smoked bacon
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 Onion; 150 g Smoked bacon; 2 Garlic cloves; 350 g Red lentils; 30 g Ginger; 2 Carrots; 2 Celery root (celeriac); 2 tbsp Canola oil; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 l Broth; 1 tsp Curry powder; 1 tsp Sweet paprika; 0.5 tsp Cilantro (fresh coriander); 0.5 tsp Caraway seeds; to taste Salt and pepper; 2 tbsp Apple cider vinegar; 2 tbsp Parsley

Instructions

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Peel and finely chop the onion, garlic and ginger. Peel the carrots and celery root. Cut the celery root into 2 cm pieces and the carrots into 1 cm pieces.
Heat the oil in a large pot and sauté the garlic, onion and ginger. Add the diced bacon and tomato paste and cook briefly to brown. Stir in the carrots and celery root, pour in the broth and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the rinsed red lentils and simmer over low heat for about 15 more minutes, until the lentils are tender. If the soup is too thick, add a little hot water.
Season the soup with curry powder, sweet paprika, cilantro, caraway seeds, salt, ground black pepper and vinegar. Serve in cups, sprinkled with parsley.

Tip: After stirring in the spices, let the soup simmer gently for a few more minutes to bring out their aroma. Add the vinegar at the very end, as prolonged cooking would cause it to evaporate.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 725 kcal
Protein: 36 g
Carbohydrates: 89 g
of which sugars: 11 g
Fat: 27 g
of which saturates: 6.6 g
Fiber: 15 g
Salt: 2.6 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Šošovicová polievka so zázvorom a údenou slaninou