Green Lentil Soup

This soup is delicious, although it doesn’t look it. I would rarely make this soup, because it's just protein. When J had his wisdom teeth pulled, I needed to find a way to get some protein into him. However, I’m not sure that eating soup when the temperature is 31°C/88°F is such a good idea.

This soup tastes identical to the ones we’ve tried in the Mediterranean restaurants we’ve visited. It’s mealy/floury from the lentils and is lightly spiced with a cumin seeds.

Curried Lentils - Daal

We never had beans/lentils growing up. As a young child, seeing my Indian friends eat daal seemed a little odd to me, it looked like a weird, lumpy yellow mess. It’s funny how our tastes change, because now I could eat daal by the bucket-loads! It’s highly nutritious and darn tasty!

I always thought daal was quite complicated to make, but if you have an hour or two whilst you're in the house, you can whip up a batch really easily. It tastes wholesome, warming and full of spices – a real treat!