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Sweet potato & lentil soup
Serves
5
40 mins
40 mins
Total
10 mins
Prep
30 mins
Cook
Vegetarian
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Ingredients
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Metric
Imperial
100
g
red split lentils
1
onion
,
chopped
2
tsp
olive oil
1
clove
garlic
,
finely chopped
2
tbsp
curry paste
450
g
sweet potatoes
,
peeled and cubed
450
g
floury pototoes
,
peeled and cubed
1⅕
l
hot vegetable stock
2
tbsp
chopped mint
(optional)
142
g
carton low-fat natural yoghurt
warm bread
, to serve
Instructions
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Cook the
lentils
in boiling water for
15
minutes
. Fry the
onion
in the
oil
for
8
minutes
until softened and beginning to brown. Stir in the
garlic
,
curry paste
and cubed
potatoes
. Cook for
5
minutes
.
Drain the
lentils
. Add to the
potatoes
with the
stock
and simmer for
12-15
minutes
until the
potatoes
are fully cooked. Whizz in a food processor until smooth. Season to taste and heat through.
Stir the
mint
, if using, into the yogurt and season to taste. Ladle the soup into bowl and swirl in the
yoghurt
. Serve with warm bread.
Nutrition
kcal
349
fat
5 g
saturates
1 g
carbs
63 g
sugar
14 g
fibre
9 g
protein
13 g
salt
1.53 g
BBC Good Food: Low-fat Feasts