Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Eggplant and Lentil Cream Curried Soup

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Hi everyone,  today I am guest posting for one of my good foodie friends, Christie at Mom What's for Dinner.  Christie is one of the most genuine and sweet ladies I have met in the blogging world. She is always there to support my blog and give me encouraging words on my recipes. Her daughter was diagnosed with Celiac's disease and Christie set out to start her gluten-free blog. Although I do not eat gluten free myself, I do eat a lot of rice based meals and dishes that are gluten-free friendly.  Christie came over a few years ago and tried one of my curry dishes and we bonded with our mutual love for cooking and recipes since that day.  So please head over to Mom What's for Dinner and check out her wonderful recipes.



Ingredients:
1 large eggplant cut into small dice
2-3 cloves garlic grated or minced
1 medium onion finely chopped
salt and black pepper to taste
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
red chili powder or cayenne to taste
1 tsp curry powder ( I used McCormick Brand)
1 cup washed and rinsed masoor lentils
6-8 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1 (15oz) can coconut milk (unsweetened)
1-2 tsp lime juice

Directions:
Finely dice eggplant.  Heat 2-3 Tbs canola oil in large pot.  Add onion and garlic and saute for 1 minute on medium heat.

Then saute the eggplant with salt and pepper.  When the eggplant cooks down, add the curry powder, turmeric, cumin powder and red chili powder.
Next wash the lentils well.  Add to the pot with eggplant and chicken broth or vegetable broth.  Cook for 20-25 minutes.  Season with salt as needed.

Cream soup with emulsion blender or do it batches in stand blender.  Be careful with the stand blender by not over filling the jar.  Once the soup is creamed, add coconut milk and lime juice and cook for 2-3 minutes.  Serve hot. Enjoy.
 


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12 comments:

  1. This is seriously very good. I have never thought in the wildest of my dreams to make an eggplant soup, but the way your soup turned out gives me the inspiration to try this soon! Well done!!

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  2. I would love this soup for dinner. Such a pretty design too. Love it when the food looks so pretty!

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  3. I never thougt eggplant in soup either,lentil adding great color to the soup too, beautiful pictures,Ramona I love your art with cream in the middle :)

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  4. This is one of those recipes I will have to make when the picky hubby is out of town...as I love lentils and eggplant (he does not). Your soup sounds amazing!

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  5. Interesting and delicious filling soup.

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  6. An eggplant soup sounds different and delicious. This blog world is fun and filled with the sweetest of people. will head over to check out the blog. Thanks.

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  7. This looks and sounds amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  8. I don't think I have ever tried eggplant in a soup! This looks scrumptious!

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  9. i love eggplant but ive never thought about it for soup, this looks super delicious!

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  10. I was just commenting here a few days ago about not wanting to waste food and that's exactly what I did with my eggplant. I could have made this soup that looks delicious.

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  11. What a very interesting combination! I'm not much of a lentil fan, but I love eggplant and of course I love of the spices you used in this soup. Great looking soup!

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