Curried lentil soup with cheese naan bread

A warming and delicious cool weather soup, this spicy lentil soup will leave you feeling souper!.

Recipe «Curried lentil soup with cheese naan bread» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 Spanish onion, finely chopped, 3 cloves garlic, peeled, sliced lengthways, 2 long green chillies, halved lengthways, 1 tsp mild Indian curry powder , 1 tsp ground turmeric, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 tomato, coarsely chopped , 2 carrots, coarsely chopped, 2 stalks celery, coarsely chopped, 1 cup brown lentils, 2 cups chicken stock, 8 small naan breads, 1 cup tasty Cheese, 1/4 cup Tamar Valley Greek Style Yoghurt, Coriander leaves, to serve.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil 
• 1 Spanish onion, finely chopped 
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled, sliced lengthways 
• 2 long green chillies, halved lengthways 
• 1 tsp mild Indian curry powder 
• 1 tsp ground turmeric 
• 1 cinnamon stick 
• 1 tomato, coarsely chopped 
• 2 carrots, coarsely chopped 
• 2 stalks celery, coarsely chopped 
• 1 cup brown lentils 
• 2 cups chicken stock 
• 8 small naan breads 
• 1 cup tasty Cheese 
• 1/4 cup Tamar Valley Greek Style Yoghurt 
• Coriander leaves, to serve 

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat and cook onion, garlic and chillies for 3-4 minutes or until soft. Add curry powder, turmeric and cinnamon and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
2. Add tomato, carrots and celery to pan and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add lentils, stock and 3 cups water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 30 minutes or until lentils are tender and soup has thickened.
3. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180°C. Place naan on a large oven tray. Sprinkle with grated cheese, then bake for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden. Serve soup topped with yoghurt and coriander, and with cheese naan.