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Harissa carrot & red lentil soup
A warming blitzed soup of carrots and red lentils with a harissa-yogurt swirl.
Ingredients
Servings 4
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Method
- Step 1
Soften the onion; carrots, garlic and cumin in for 3 minutes.
- Step 2
Lentils and stock; simmer 22 minutes.
- Step 3
Blitz smooth.
- Step 4
Swirl harissa through the yogurt; spoon onto each bowl with coriander. Bread alongside.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 290 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 13g |
| Carbohydrates | 42g |
| – of which sugars | 11g |
| Fibre | 9g |
| Fat | 8g |
| – of which saturates | 2g |
| – of which omega-3 | 0.2g |
| Calcium | 120mg |
| Iron | 4mg |
| Salt | 0.7g |
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