Muntaha's Lentil Soup
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Muntaha's Lentil Soup
1 large onion, chopped
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 medium potatoes, cubed
4 medium carrotts, sliced
1 lb bag frozen spinach (Walmart brand)
3/4 of a 1 lb bag of lentils
salt to taste
10 cups of water plus more for later
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 large onions chopped
1 whole head garlic, chopped
1 Tbsp coriander (spice)
Juice of two lemons (roll on the counter back and forth several times to loosen up the juice)
Chop one onion finely. Heat 2 Tbsp olive oil in dutch oven. Saute onion on very low heat.. Cut potatoes up into small chunks. Add to onion. Continue to saute on low. Chop carrott into chunks. Add to potatoes and onions, continuing to saute.
Cut frozen spinach into three or four chunks and add to vegetables. Stir and cook for a few minutes more until spinach starts to thaw and break apart.
Add 10 cups of water and 3/4 bag of lentils. Add salt to taste ( will probably need to add more as soup cooks) Bring to low boil and simmer for 1 1/2 hours until lentils are soft, stirring occasionally, watching closely that it does not burn. When soup starts to boil, turn heat down to medium or medium low, just enough to keep it simmering. Soup will turn brownish green as it cooks.. Add more water if water cooks down too much.
Toward the end of cooking time, saute remaining two chopped onions and whole head of garlic in two Tbsp olive oil. Peel the garlic easily by lying each clove on a flat surface covered with the flat of a large knife and whack the knife with the palm of your hand. The peel will easily come off the garlic clove. Then chop up the cloves.
When the onions and garlic start to turn brown, add 1 Tbsp corriander. Cook until corriander is dark and mixture is very hot. This mixture will sort of clump up together...just continue cooking and breaking apart with spatula until it browns well. Pour into soup and stir well to break up. Soup will sort of sizzle as you pour hot mixture into it. Squeeze two lemons into soup and simmer for 10 more minutes.
If soup appears too thick at any time, add more water.
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