While I recommend eating a diet of 70-80% raw foods every day to heal and energize your body, lose weight, maximize nutrition and reduce inflammation to increase your productivity, clarity, creativity and performance … when it’s cold out, we all want a bowl of warm soup! And my Bombay Lentil Soup is a perfect choice for you to add in for the other 20-30% whole cooked foods!
I’ve fiddled with this recipe a bit, since cooking with Indian spices is fairly new for me. After experimenting a few times, I feel very confident in sharing with you this over-the-top, delicious, protein-rich, plant-based soup that will feed you for days!
Ingredients
- 1 onion large finely chopped
- 6 garlic clove minced
- 1, 2 inch nob of ginger, minced
- 1-2 Tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 cup red lentils
- Tablespoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 can garbanzo beans, mashed
- Red chile pepper, or crushed red pepper, to taste (optional)
- 1 28 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 6 cups water
- 4 cups baby spinach chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 jalapeño, chopped finely
Instructions:
Warm coconut oil and add cumin, mustard and fennel seeds. Heat for a few minutes to release the essential oils from the seeds. Add onion, garlic and ginger. Saute until transparent to release flavors. Add the turmeric, garam masala and red chili pepper and and heat through for a few minutes. Add tomatoes, water, chickpeas and lentils and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, or until lentils are cooked. Add spinach and half of the cilantro. Do not cook longer. The hot soup will wilt the greens.
Top with fresh, cilantro and chopped jalapeño and … Enjoy!
After you try this recipe, please come back and let me know how you like it in the comments section below. And … while I know you love healthy and delicious recipes, what I offer you as coach blows the game of 'best-recipes' out of the water! When we set out to help you lose weight, increase your energy or look and feel your very best, the coolest thing happens, your mind begins to think more clearly, your productivity blows through every creative barrier, and your confidence skyrockets … because you've learned how to use food as your smartest tool to achieve success!
Perhaps you are ready to up level your health in all the ways you know matter. I can help you do that.
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