Cauliflower Red Lentil Ginger Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion until fragrant, 1 minute. Add cauliflower and cover. Cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly tender, 10 minutes. Add chicken stock, ginger, and salt; season with black pepper. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer until cauliflower is tender, 30 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Pour soup into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth. Return to pot and warm over low heat. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• In a medium soup pot on medium heat, sauté the onions in oil until translucent.
• Add the ginger, garlic, cumin, red pepper, and turmeric and sauté for 2 minutes; stir constantly to avoid sticking.
• Add the stock, cauliflower, tomatoes, and lentils.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat.
• Cover with lid and simmer for 1 minutes or until veggies and lentils are cooked.
• Stir in the cilantro and salt, remove from heat, and let sit 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over low heat, combine lentils, onions, curry powder, salt, turmeric and 2 cups of water. Bring to a simmer. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the lentils are soft and the sauce has thickened, about 45 minutes.
• Add tomatoes,cauliflower, and chili and simmer, covered, until the cauliflower is tender, aprox 8 to 10 minutes. Then remove from heat.
• Heat oil in a small pan over medium-high heat. Add cumin seeds and cook for about 10 seconds. Add garlic and ginger. Continue to saute until the garlic is lightly browned, about 1 minute. Stir in cayenne and immediately add the oil-spice mixture to the cauliflower mixture. Stir in lemon juice, cilantro and sugar. Taste and adjust seasonings with additional salt and cayenne.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat.
• Add the carrots and onion and cook for 6 minutes or until softened.
• Add the ginger, garlic, cumin, pepper, and allspice, and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Add the water, lentils, and rice, and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 1 hour, or until the lentils and rice are tender.
• Stir in the sweet potatoes and salt.
• Cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are tender.
• Stir in the spinach, and cook for 5 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat 3 tablespoons oil over high heat until hot and shimmering. Add onion and garlic, and sauté until golden, about 4 minutes.
• Stir in tomato paste, cumin, salt, black pepper and chili powder or cayenne, and sauté for 2 minutes longer.
• Add broth, 2 cups water, lentils and carrot. Bring to a simmer, then partially cover pot and turn heat to medium-low. Simmer until lentils are soft, about 30 minutes. Taste and add salt if necessary.
• Using an immersion or regular blender or a food processor, purée half the soup then add it back to pot. Soup should be somewhat chunky.
• Reheat soup if necessary, then stir in lemon juice and cilantro. Serve soup drizzled with good olive oil and dusted lightly with chili powder if desired.

Steps:

• Have all the ingredients prepped and ready to go. Heat the oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add the onions and cook about 5-7 minutes, until translucent. Add the grated ginger and cook 1 minute. Add the spices and cook for 30 seconds, stirring constantly, then add the carrot and cook another minute.
• Pour in the vegetable stock and then the lentils. Cover the pot, raise the heat to high and allow to boil for 1 minute. Stir, cover the pot and lower heat to medium-low. Simmer the lentils for 10 minutes or until yellow and mushy,.
• Add the cauliflower florets and stir to ensure they are evenly coated.
• Partially cover and simmer for 20 minutes, until cauliflower is tender but not mushy. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro, lime juice and salt. Let the curry sit, covered, for about 15 minutes and then stir and serve over rice.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over medium heat.
• Add onion, carrots and celery. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until softened.
• Add garlic, cumin and tumeric and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add broth and lentils, bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer for 40 minutes or until lentils are cooked.
• Using a potato masher, break up about half the soup. Add cauliflower and cook for 8 minutes or until tender.
• Stir in fresh parsley and pepper.
• Garnish with fresh chives.

Steps:

• 1. In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for 5-6 minutes, until translucent. 2. Stir in the ginger, 1 tablespoon of the curry powder, coriander, and cumin and sauté for 2 minutes more, until fragrant. 3. Add the broth and red lentils and stir to combine. Bring the mixture to a low boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes more. 4. Stir in the cauliflower and sweet potato. Cover and reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer for 20-25 minutes, until the cauliflower and sweet potato are tender. Season with the salt and pepper, and add more curry powder, if desired. Stir in the spinach and cook until wilted. 5. Ladle the soup into bowls and top with cilantro, if desired.

Steps:

• Remove the outer leaves from the cauliflower, cut off the stalk and roughly chop, then cut the head into small florets. Toss a quarter of the florets in 1 tbsp oil and 1 tsp of the fennel seeds, season well, then tip into a roasting tin and set aside.
• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Heat ½ tbsp oil in a saucepan over a medium heat and add the remaining fennel seeds, toast for 2 mins, then add the lentils and the remaining cauliflower. Stir in the curry paste, then add 1 litre water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 25 mins until the cauliflower is tender and the lentils are cooked through.
• Meanwhile, put the roasting tin of cauliflower in the oven and cook for 20 mins until crisp and slightly charred. Tip the soup mixture into a food processor and blitz until smooth, tip back into the pan to warm through, adding the lemon juice and a little water if it's too thick. Tip into bowls and top with the crispy cauliflower and fennel seeds to serve.