Kwik-E-Mart Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• 250 g red lentils
• 1 large onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 large carrot
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1.5 liters vegetable broth
• 2 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 4 eggs
• 8 breadsticks
• 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Coriander (optional, for garnish)

Method

1. Finely chop the onion and garlic.
2. Peel the carrot and dice. Dice the bell pepper.
3. Heat the oil in a soup pot and sauté the onion and garlic for 2 minutes.
4. Add carrot, bell pepper, garam masala, cumin, turmeric, and chili powder. Sauté for 3 minutes.
5. Add the lentils and stir well.
6. Pour in the broth and bring to a boil.
7. Let the soup simmer for 25 minutes until the lentils are cooked.
8. Meanwhile, hard-boil the eggs (8 minutes), peel and halve them.
9. Roughly blend the soup with a stick blender. Season with salt and pepper.
10. Pour the soup into a rectangular dish or deep rectangular plates.
11. Along one long edge, arrange a row of halved eggs, rounded side up, as the counter.
12. Line up the breadsticks tightly behind the eggs as the counter structure.
13. Optionally garnish with coriander.

Serving notes

• Serve in a rectangular dish for the counter effect.
• Stand the breadsticks upright for a neat counter.
• Serve the soup warm, without further decoration.