{"id":6779,"date":"2013-02-07T21:57:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T01:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=6779"},"modified":"2013-02-07T22:07:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:07:59","slug":"spicy-indian-soup-using-my-preserved-lemons-in-a-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=6779","title":{"rendered":"Spicy Indian Soup- using my preserved lemons in a recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I received salt  preserved lemons in olive oil for Christmas from my dil Willow.<\/p>\n

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They are really beautiful- and they smell divine.  I chopped up the peel and then<\/p>\n

minced it fine to go into the lentil soup I made.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the Recipe.<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n

1\/3 cup olive oil <\/p>\n

onions, chopped small<\/p>\n

2 garlic cloves, minced<\/p>\n

2 1\/2 cups brown or green lentils<\/p>\n

8-10 cups water<\/p>\n

2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped<\/p>\n

2 celery stalks, finely chopped<\/p>\n

1 tsp ground coriander<\/p>\n

1 tsp cumin<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp curry powder<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp paprika<\/p>\n

6-8 tsp lemon juice<\/p>\n

3 tsp minced lemon peel ( or grated fresh peel if you don\u2019t have any salt preserved lemons)<\/p>\n

salt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n

Method:<\/p>\n

Heat up the oil in a large soup pot and add the onions, garlic and lentils.  Sautee gently for about 10 minutes, stirring<\/p>\n

constantly-make sure that onion and garlic don\u2019t stick to bottom of pan.  Pour water over mixture, stir and then raise<\/p>\n

heat to medium and bring soup to a boil.  Add carrots and celery ( I chop my vegetables to about the size of the lentils<\/p>\n

so that they cook uniformly and look suited to each other).  Boil for about 3o minutes and then lower the hear to low\/medium.<\/p>\n

Add the rest of the ingredients, as well as the salt and pepper.  Stir well and cover the pot, letting the soup simmer gently for<\/p>\n

about 45 minutes.  Taste to check the seasonings- add a little extra if you think it needs it and serve hot.<\/p>\n

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Serve bread  alongside, I added some feta cheese to my bowlful-<\/p>\n

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Frank had his with a hot Hungarian sausage sandwich, boiled egg and cruditees.<\/p>\n

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This is my new favorite soup!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received salt  preserved lemons in olive oil for Christmas from my dil Willow. They are really beautiful- and they smell divine.  I chopped up the peel and then minced it fine to go into the lentil soup I made. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bread","category-recipes","category-stepsonthejourney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6781,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779\/revisions\/6781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}