Lentil Potato Soup

Lentil Potato Soup is a stew or soup recipe ready in 40 min. It makes 4 servings, each 400 kcal with 17 g protein. Beginner level, 15 ingredients, and it keeps for work lunches.

Recipe by @bitesofberi, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 40 min15 min hands-on
  • Beginnerlevel
  • 400kcal a serving
  • 17 gprotein
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Lentil Potato Soup

What is Lentil Potato Soup

A filling vegan soup of green or brown lentils, potatoes and vegetables in a tomato broth with curry, paprika and cumin.

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How to make Lentil Potato Soup

Tips from the cook

  • Blending part of the soup thickens the broth and makes it more flavourful. Without a blender, it is still good.
  • Kale works instead of spinach.
  • Top it with fresh herbs and grated parmesan.
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Sides from Cookpath that balance this dish, the same picks the app suggests.

Meal prep and storage

Good as a work lunch

Still good after 2 to 3 days in the fridge, cold or microwaved.

Keeps up to 5 days in the fridge or 3 months in the freezer.

Prep a few days

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Lentil Potato Soup substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Onion2 options
  • Leek, white and light-green part 1:1 by volume

    Still an allium; raw dishes.

  • Fennel bulb, finely diced 1:1 by volume

    Sweet aniseed note; raw dishes.

Celery stick2 options
  • Fennel bulb, sliced 1:1 by volume

    Slight aniseed taste.

  • Carrot or parsnip 1:1 by volume

    Sweeter.

Curry powder3 options
  • Homemade mix: 2 tbsp cumin, 1 tbsp coriander, 1 tbsp chilli flakes, 1 tbsp turmeric, 1 tbsp black pepper same amount as the curry powder called for

    Chilli can be cut for a milder version.

  • Garam masala 1:1 (interchangeable, milder)

    Milder.

  • Ground cumin + lots of black pepper + a little dried chilli to taste

    Different vibe.

From the cook: curry, paprika and cumin flavour the tomato broth (no swap stated).

Vegetable stock2 options
  • Celery-free vegetable stock (check label) 1:1 by volume
  • Water + salt + pinch of herbs 1:1

    Less depth.

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