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Food Cooking and Cuisines

Welcome autumn in Dubai with a warm bowl of green lentil soup

Made with onions, carrots, celery which are cut to perfection with a culinary knife cut called - brunoise



PREP TIME 10 m
COOK TIME 30m
SERVES 4
Ingredients

    220 gms green or Puy lentils

    30 gms red onions

    30 gms carrots

    30 gms celery

    1.2 l vegetable stock (homemade broth made from fresh celery, carrot, onion or 3 tbsp vegetable stock powder.)

    Salt and pepper to taste

    Homemade tomato sauce 

    Ingredients for homemade tomato sauce

    100 gms whole peeled tomato, pureed

    30 gms onions

    10 gms garlic

    15 gms fresh thyme

    15 gms fresh rosemary

    20 gms sugar

    Salt and pepper to taste

    4 tbsp olive oil

     

Ingredient Substitution Guide

METHOD

Method for lentil soup

1. Rinse green lentils and keep it aside. 

2. Wash the onions, carrots and celery and use a brunoise style cut to dice them into uniform cubes.

Note: A brunoise style is the smallest dice cut and anything smaller than this cut will be considered a mince.

3. Add olive oil to a heated casserole.

4. Place the rinsed lentils into the casserole, add vegetable stock and bring to a boil.

5. Once the lentils start boiling, add diced vegetables and season to taste with salt and pepper.

6. Bring to medium heat. Cover the casserole, and let the soup simmer for 30 minutes, or until lentils are soft. Adjust the taste with salt and pepper, if necessary.

7. Before serving, add two tablespoons of homemade tomato sauce to each bowl.

Method for homemade tomato sauce

1. Chop and sauté onions and garlic in a pot.

2. Add puréed tomatoes, mix well, close the lid and let the mixture simmer for 5 minutes.

3. Add thyme, rosemary and sugar. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

4. Cook on low heat for an additional 25 minutes, or until tomatoes are soft and the sauce thickens a bit.

Notes:

• You can prepare your own homemade vegetable broth with fresh celery, carrots and onions. Alternatively, you can use 3 tablespoons of vegetable stock powder.

• The tomato sauce can be prepared ahead of time. You can keep it in the fridge for upto 2 days in an airtight container.

• To get the right flavour, it is best to use only fresh herbs.

Chef Arman Guese
Chef with Cafe Mondoux, Dubai Creek Harbour

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