Ingredients
1 bag lentils
1 1/2 – 2 cups carrots, chopped fine (I like to use a little more carrots)
1 1/2 cups white or yellow onion, chopped fine
1 cup celery, chopped fine
salt
pepper
cayenne pepper (optional)
Method
Wash your lentils well, and check them for rocks and bugs, etc. Combine
the lentils and the vegetables in a big pot with about 4 cups of water
(that’s an estimate, use a little more if that doesn’t seem like enough,
but try not to use *too much*). Bring this to a boil, and then let it
simmer until it has cooked down some and your lentils are soft.
Then take the soup a cupful at a time and blend it in your blender until
it is smooth (you will need a second pot to transfer it into after
blending it). Your soup should be fairly thick by now, and bring it to
a boil once again, and then let it simmer another fifteen or twenty
minutes.
Last but not least, add 1 whole teaspoon of pepper, a teaspoon of salt,
and a couple of pinches of cayenne pepper.
The original recipe for this soup said to serve it with a dab of sour
cream in the center of the bowl, which seems odd to me, but it’s kind of
tasty in a strange way. It’s also very good with pita bread or any kind
of Indian bread because it’s very thick and easy to pick up with a hunk
of bread.
