Indian Mulligatawny Soup

Name: Indian Mulligatawny Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter (or olive oil for vegan); 1 yellow onion, chopped; 1 carrot, peeled and diced; 1 red jalapeno, seeded and diced; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 2 teaspoons peeled and minced ginger root; 2 small firm apples, peeled, cored and diced; 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes; 1 tablespoon curry powder; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/2 teaspoon paprika; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric; 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme; 1/2 cup red lentils (uncooked); 3 cups chicken or vegetable broth; 2/3 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk; Salt and black pepper to taste; Roasted cashews for garnish; Chopped cilantro and/or scallions for garnish

This fragrant Indian Mulligatawny Soup recipe is spiced with curry and made from creamy red lentils, carrots, apples, and coconut milk. Make a double batch and freeze the leftovers!

I want to spend the next month eating nothing but this Indian soup.

I have a terrible habit of over-doing it at the Indian food buffet, to the point where I have to un-do the button on my jeans and pull my shirt down over the top of my pants while I waddle out to the car.

This soup absolutely triggered that same can’t-stop-eating feeling, and I didn’t regret it one bit!

How to Make Mulligatawny Soup

Just look at these beautiful ingredients! Lentils, apples, ginger, garlic, onions, red jalapenos, carrots and fragrant spices.

It’s so thick it’s almost more like a stew.

Melt the butter in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot, and jalapeno, then sauté for 4 to 5 minutes or until the onions have softened.

Add the garlic, ginger, apples, and diced tomatoes to the pot. Sauté for another 3 minutes.

Then add in all of the spices and toss to coat.

Add in the lentils and broth and let the contents come to a boil. Turn the heat down to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.

Puree about 75% of the ingredients using either an immersion blender after transferring a portion of the contents to a bowl to not be pureed. If you don’t have an immersion blender, then you can transfer a portion of the contents a standard blender. Leaving some of the chunks whole adds a nice texture and consistency to the soup.

Return the soup to the pot if needed.

Then stir in the coconut milk. Taste, and adjust salt and black pepper as needed.

Serve topped with cashew and scallions along with naan bread for dipping.

It’s a masterpiece! For your mouth!

Vegetarian Mulligatawny soup is a traditional Indian dish and the recipe is really easy to make.

Don’t be intimidated by the ingredient list, it just calls for a bunch of familiar produce and a little digging around in your spice rack.

I used my very favorite cooking pot for this Mulligatawny recipe, but any good-sized pot should do the trick.

Many Mulligatawny Soup recipes call for pureeing all of the ingredients until completely smooth.

I prefer a little more texture than that in my meals, so I left lots of delicious chunks of apples, carrot, onions, and tomatoes to add a bit of interest.

I used my special hand blender for this, but you could also use a regular counter top blender to do the job.

This soup is full of vibrant flavor but is also warm and comforting. Perfect for this time of year, and just insanely delicious with a piece of homemade naan bread.

I used to be so afraid of making soups because I thought they would take all day and require all sorts of crazy steps (I think I get this idea from Julia Child’s Boeuf Bourguignon).

This just takes about 15 minutes of real work.

Well, what are you waiting for?

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