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A bowl of instant pot vegan red lentil soup

Instant Pot Vegan Red Lentil Soup

Healthy, quick and delicious middle eastern red lentil soup!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Servings: 5
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 T. extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 med. onion diced
  • 2 medium carrots diced
  • 2 ribs of celery diced
  • 1 tsp. minced garlic
  • 1 cup dried split red lentils
  • 2 T. tomato paste
  • ⅛ tsp. ground red pepper
  • ½ tsp. ground cumin
  • ½ tsp. sea salt more to taste
  • 5 cups vegetable broth

Method
 

  1. Heat olive oil in instant pot on sauté setting.
  2. Add diced onions, carrots, celery and garlic. Sauté about 3 minutes or until vegetables begin to soften. Stir in red lentils, tomato paste, cumin, pepper and broth.
  3. Set instant pot to pressure cook for 10 minutes on manual setting. Allow to pressure release naturally for 10 minutes before doing a quick release.
  4. Using an immersion blender, purée until desired consistency. If not using this as a vegan recipe, you can add a tablespoon of plain yogurt to each serving. Serve with a side of chips or wedges of Heavenly Armenian Pita Bread.

Notes

If you choose to eat this as a non-vegan recipe, you can add a dollop of plain yogurt to the top of each bowl of soup.

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