Main Meals
Tomato-and-dhal soup
2 to 4
Easy
10 minutes
40 minutes“This is my go-to feel good, comforting soup. Make a lot and freeze in individual portions. It’s a great way to use up lots of tomatoes.”
Wine/Spirit Pairing
Woolworths Beyerskloof Chenin Blanc
Ingredients
Method
- 2 T ghee
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 green chilli, crushed
- 1 t ginger, crushed
- 1 curry leaves, sprig
- 1 T Woolworths hot curry spice
- 4 ripe tomatoes, quartered
- 2 cups vegetable stock
- 1 cup water
- 300 g red lentils
- salt, to taste
- Woolworths rotis, warmed, for serving
Method
Ingredients
1. Heat the ghee in a large saucepan and sweat the onion and garlic for 10 minutes. Add the chilli, ginger, curry leaves and spice and cook for 5 minutes.
2. Add the tomatoes and sweat for 5 minutes. Add the stock and water and reduce for 5 minutes. Add the lentils and cook for 20 minutes or until soft. Season and serve with the rotis.
Photograph: Myburgh Du Plessis
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food Assistant: Bianca Strydom
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