Recipe of the week

Cauliflower and Curried Lentil Soup

Ingredients:

  • 1 cauliflower, trimmed of leaves, chopped roughly
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
  • 1 cup red lentils
  • 3 tablespoons curry paste
  • 1 L vegetable stock, salt reduced
  • ½ lemon, juiced and zested

Method:
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

Heat a large pot with remaining oil, add lentils and stir through curry paste. Add vegetable stock and bring to a slow boil. Simmer for 25 minutes until lentils are cooked through.

Toss the cauliflower in a bowl with ½ the oil and fennel seeds until evenly coated.

Arrange cauliflower over baking tray in a single layer and roast in oven for 15 minutes.

Cool cauliflower slightly, add to a deep jug, and blitz with a stick blender until smooth.

Add cauliflower to cooked curried lentils and stir through with lemon juice and zest.

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