Red Lentil Soup Recipe

Name: Red Lentil Soup Recipe
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for drizzling; 1 large onion, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 tablespoon tomato paste; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; Salt and black pepper; Pinch of chili powder or ground cayenne, plus more to taste; 1 quart chicken or vegetable broth; 1 cup red lentils; 1 large carrot, peeled and diced; Juice of ½ lemon, more to taste; 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

"This is a lentil soup that defies expectations of what lentil soup can be Based on a Turkish lentil soup, mercimek corbasi, it is light, spicy and a bold red color (no murky brown here): a revelatory dish that takes less than an hour to make The cooking is painless..."

INGREDIENTS

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3 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for drizzling

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1 large onion, chopped

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2 garlic cloves, minced

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1 tablespoon tomato paste

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1 teaspoon ground cumin

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Salt and black pepper

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Pinch of chili powder or ground cayenne, plus more to taste

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1 quart chicken or vegetable broth

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1 cup red lentils

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1 large carrot, peeled and diced

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Juice of ½ lemon, more to taste

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3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

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