{"id":23689,"date":"2017-01-05T19:43:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T00:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=23689"},"modified":"2019-03-03T11:23:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T16:23:16","slug":"tomato-red-lentil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/tomato-red-lentil-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato and Red Lentil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tomato-Lentil-Soup-1.jpg\" alt=\"tomato-lentil-soup\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tomato-Lentil-Soup-1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tomato-Lentil-Soup-1-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tomato and red lentil seasoned with rosemary and made into a delicious soup&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a freezing winter where I live and all I crave everyday for dinner is a bowl of warm soup to enrich and pamper my body and soul. This is one such easy to make and nutritious soup that will comfort you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23691\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tomato-Lentil-Soup.jpg\" alt=\"tomato-lentil-soup\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tomato-Lentil-Soup.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tomato-Lentil-Soup-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tomato-Lentil-Soup-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\" data-rating=\"0\">\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Tomato 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\">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=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Oil- 1 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Onion, chopped- 1<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Garlic, chopped- 1 large clove<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Celery, diced small- 1 stalk<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Rosemary leaves- from 1 stalk (or add oregano or any other dried herb)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Tomatoes, chopped- 3<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Paprika- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ground cumin- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Red lentil- 1\/2 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Chicken stock or Vegetable stock- 4 cups<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ground pepper- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cilantro, chopped- 2 handfuls<\/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\">Heat a large saucepan over medium heat, add oil.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add onion, garlic and saute for a few minutes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add diced celery and rosemary leaves, cook till celery has turned soft.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add tomatoes, season with paprika and ground cumin, cook for a minute.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add red lentil, combine well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add 2 cups of chicken stock or vegetable stock and cook covered till red lentil has cooked well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the cooked lentil and tomato mixture into a blender and puree till smooth. Or use a hand blender to puree.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Pour the pureed mixture back to the saucepan.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add 2 more cups of chicken stock or vegetable stock, ground pepper and let soup come to a slight boil.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Chicken stock has salt in it so no need to add salt, taste and if required add accordingly.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add cilantro, combine well and cook for a minute.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Remove the pan from the heat.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Serve in soup bowls and enjoy with toasted bread or crackers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.4.3177<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomato and red lentil seasoned with rosemary and made into a delicious soup&#8230; It&#8217;s been a freezing winter where I live and all I crave everyday for dinner is a bowl of warm soup to enrich and pamper my body and soul. This is one such easy to make and nutritious soup that will comfort &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[351,14,467],"tags":[817,982],"class_list":["post-23689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lentils","category-soup","category-tomato","tag-red-lentil","tag-soup","course-soup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23689","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=23689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}