Grammy's Kitchen · Lentil Soup · Creamy Lentil Soup
One of 41 lentil soup recipes we measured
from www.skinnytaste.com
12 cooks on www.skinnytaste.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 41.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 500% | 522% |
| vegetables and beans | 89% | 186% |
| aromatics | 49% | 81% |
| fat | 2% | 9% |
| salt | 0% | 2% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 4 g | 1 tsp olive oil |
| 75 g | 3/4 cup chopped scallions |
| 6 g | 2 garlic cloves (minced) |
| 1 medium chopped tomato | |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp fresh cilantro chopped |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp cumin powder |
| 192 g | 1 cup cup dried lentils |
| 170 g | 1 small red potato (peeled and diced) |
| 960 g | 4 cups reduced sodium chicken or vegetable broth |
| 1 g | 1 bay leaf |
| kosher salt (to taste) | |
| black pepper (to taste) | |
| light sour cream | |
| 12 g | 2 tbsp chopped scallions (for garnish) |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.skinnytaste.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I grew up in a Canadian household where we had lentil soup (daal) pretty much every week with rice. There are a million ways to make daal in India - but imagine my surprise when I lifted off the pot lid after simmering the lentils for this recipe... and found ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I’ve never been a big fan of lentils. A few years ago I ate dinner at a new Greek restaurant in my area. I didn’t want much so I ordered the creamy lentil soup. It changed my whole opinion of lentils altogether. I found this lentil recipe and I have made this” — a cook, 5.0★