{"id":17156,"date":"2014-04-01T21:57:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T01:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=17156"},"modified":"2018-07-29T23:10:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T03:10:21","slug":"swiss-chard-and-red-lentil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/swiss-chard-and-red-lentil-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Chard and Red Lentil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17157\" alt=\"swiss chare-red lentil soup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/swiss-chare-red-lentil-soup.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/swiss-chare-red-lentil-soup.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/swiss-chare-red-lentil-soup-162x200.jpg 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A bowl of this soup is so comforting and is made with healthy ingredients&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I am back home after a getaway trip. I&#8217;d been eating out for the past 3 days. I love dining at restaurants and trying different food, however after a couple of days I will start craving for home cooked and healthy food. Though I was a bit exhausted, I still managed to cook a healthy and comforting dinner.<\/p>\n<p>The weather has started getting better, it was unbelievably windy today but warm. In the evening, I spent some time outside enjoying the breeze and the sunshine. After that, I felt like sipping a bowl of warm soup, so made this swiss chard and red lentil soup. I love adding red lentil to most of my soups as it adds texture to the soup, also it cooks fast. I had a bunch of red swiss chard in my refrigerator, hence I combined swiss chard along with the red lentil. It turned out to be a very comforting, healthy and tasty soup&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17158\" alt=\"swiss chard and red lentil soup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/swiss-chard-and-red-lentil-soup.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/swiss-chard-and-red-lentil-soup.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/swiss-chard-and-red-lentil-soup-145x200.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation Picture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cooking swiss chard and red lentil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17159\" alt=\"cooking swiss chard-lentil soup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cooking-swiss-chard-lentil-soup.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cooking-swiss-chard-lentil-soup.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cooking-swiss-chard-lentil-soup-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cooking-swiss-chard-lentil-soup-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\">\t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/swiss-chare-red-lentil-soup.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Swiss Chard and Red Lentil Soup<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">soup<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cuisine: <span class=\"cuisine\">Indian<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Prep time: <time itemprop=\"prepTime\" datetime=\"PT5M\">5 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cook time: <time itemprop=\"cookTime\" datetime=\"PT20M\">20 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Total time: <time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"PT25M\">25 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Serves: <span class=\"yield\">4 People<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Oil- 1 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ginger, minced- 2 inch slice<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Dry red chili flakes- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Onion, chopped- 1<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Red lentil- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Chicken stock or vegetable stock- 2 cups (use low-sodium)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Red Swiss chard, chopped very small- 1\/2 bunch ( I chopped it in a food processor)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ground cumin- 3\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Garam masala- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Coriander powder- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ground pepper- 1\/8 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- more if needed<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Water- 2 cups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place a soup pan or a large saucepan over medium heat, add oil.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add minced ginger, saute for a few seconds.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add red chili flakes, saute for a couple of seconds.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add onion, season with salt and saute till onions turn translucent.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add red lentil and chicken stock, cook covered till lentils are partially cooked.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">I chopped the swiss chard in a food processor, hence it was finely chopped.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the chopped swiss chard to the lentils.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add ground cumin, garam masala, coriander powder and ground pepper, combine well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add 2 cups of water and cook covered for a few minutes till the lentils and the swiss chard have cooked.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Taste and add more salt if needed.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Remove the pan from the heat and let cool down.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Using a hand blender coarsely puree the soup to a thick constituency. Or puree in a blender.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Serve to a soup bowl and enjoy this healthy soup.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.2.2298<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bowl of this soup is so comforting and is made with healthy ingredients&#8230; I am back home after a getaway trip. I&#8217;d been eating out for the past 3 days. I love dining at restaurants and trying different food, however after a couple of days I will start craving for home cooked and healthy &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[877,27,351,398,14,1155],"tags":[601,817,322,982],"class_list":["post-17156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-proteinlow-carb","category-indian-cuisine","category-lentils","category-red-siwss-chard","category-soup","category-swiss-chard","tag-healthy-soup","tag-red-lentil","tag-red-swiss-chard","tag-soup","course-soup","cuisine-indian-cuisine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}