Sweet potato & lentil soup recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tsp medium curry powder
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions
• grated
• 1 eating apple
• peeled, cored and grated
• 3 garlic cloves
• crushed
• 20g pack coriander
• stalks chopped
• thumb-size piece fresh root ginger
• grated
• 800g sweet potatoes
• 1.2l low-sodium vegetable stock
• 100g red lentils
• 300ml milk
• juice 1 lime

Instructions

1. Put the curry powder into a large saucepan, then toast over a medium heat for 2 mins. Add the olive oil, stirring as the spice sizzles in the pan. Tip in the onions, apple, garlic, coriander stalks and ginger, season, then gently cook for 5 mins, stirring every so often. step 2

2. Meanwhile, peel, then grate the sweet potatoes. Tip into the pan with the stock, lentils, milk and seasoning, then simmer, covered, for 20 mins. Blend until smooth using a stick blender. Stir in the lime juice, check the seasoning and serve, topped with roughly-chopped coriander leaves.

Credit: Good Food