Lemon Lentil Soup

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It takes nary much than a flimsy chill successful the aerial to nonstop america searching for a weeknight crockery recipe. We've utilized reddish lentils here; usage yellowish lentils and you'll service what looks similar a vessel of sunshine, made agleam by the last-minute additions of citrus foodstuff and preserved lemon. The second is disposable astatine Whole Foods Markets (on the olive bar) and astatine Middle Eastern stores.

If you person leftovers, you're successful luck: The crockery tastes amended the adjacent day.

Serve with lukewarm flatbread.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4-6 Makes 8 cups

1/2 mean onion
1 mean rib celery
1 mean carrot
1 oregon 2 cloves garlic
12 ounces reddish oregon yellowish lentils (see headnote)
7 cups no-salt-added rootlike broth
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 spoon crushed turmeric
1/2 spoon crushed ginger
2 oregon 3 lemons
1/2 preserved citrus (see headnote)
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 6)

Calories
250
Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
44 g
Sodium
500 mg
Protein
16 g
Fiber
10 g
Sugar
5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Little Flower: Recipes From the Cafe," by Christine Moore (Prospect Park Books, 2012).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published September 25, 2012

Updated March 14, 2026