Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, macaroni and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Macaroni and Lentil Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Macaroni and Lentil Soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook macaroni and lentil soup using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Macaroni and Lentil Soup:
- Get 1/2 tbsp Olive oil
- Prepare 1/4 Onion
- Make ready 1/2 Carrot
- Prepare 1/2 Celery stalk
- Prepare 1/2 clove Garlic
- Get 100 grams Canned cut tomatoes (or regular fresh tomato)
- Get 100 grams Dried lentils
- Make ready 600 ml Chicken bouillon diluted with water
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Dried thyme (or fresh)
- Make ready 1 Bay leaf
- Get 25 grams Macaroni
- Get 1 Salt and pepper
- Make ready Toppings
- Make ready 1 Grated parmesan cheese (or other grated cheese)
- Take 1 Olive oil
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook until softened. Then add the lentils, broth, and water, cover and bring the mixture to a boil. Add the macaroni to the lentils, season with salt and pepper and simmer slowly until the pasta is tender.
Steps to make Macaroni and Lentil Soup:
- Cut the onion, carrot, and celery into 1 cm cubes. Finely chop the garlic. If you're using fresh tomatoes instead of canned, blanch and peel the tomatoes and then cut into 1 cm cubes.
- Heat up olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Sauté the onion, carrots, and celery. Add the garlic. Season with salt and pepper and sauté until the vegetables become tender.
- Once the vegetables are tender, add the canned tomato with the juices. Cook until the moisture evaporates and the tomatoes become tender.
- Add the lentils. Once everything has been covered in the sauce, add the bouillon, the thyme, and the bay leaf. Bring to a boil over high heat.
- The lentils I used this time don't require being soaked in water, so I just rinsed and used them as is.
- Once boiling, cover with a lid, lower the heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes. When the lentils have softened, add the macaroni and simmer for another 8 minutes.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper if necessary.
- Serve in a bowl and top with parmesan cheese and dribble on some olive oil if you would like.
Then add the lentils, broth, and water, cover and bring the mixture to a boil. Add the macaroni to the lentils, season with salt and pepper and simmer slowly until the pasta is tender. Serve accompanied by a tossed green salad and a favorite cheese. It is made with turmeric ans salt. Harira is a famous Moroccan soup that's especially popular in Ramadan.
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