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Soup for Babies, Sweet Potato Lentil Soup

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Healthy sweet-potato and lentil soup recipe. Lentils are rich in iron and protein, and sweet potatoes are rich in vitamins and anti-oxidants.
Author Mukta Tikekar

Ingredients

  • 1/2 sweet potato
  • 1/2 cup of red lentils
  • 1 onion (chopped)
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  • a few sprigs of coriander
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

  • Boil the sweet potato and mash it.
  • Boil half a cup of red lentils.
  • Heat a pan, add butter, and and then add cumin seeds.
  • When cumin seeds start to splutter, add chopped onion, and sauté it.
  • Add the mashed potato and sauté for a while.
  • Pour boiled lentils in the pan.
  • Add coriander leaves and salt, and let the mixture simmer for at least ten minutes on low heat.
  • Turn off heat and add lemon juice.
  • When the mixture cools down , put it in a mixer and blend it until smooth.
  • Heat the soup before serving it.

Notes

If you are making this soup for babies, use powdered cumin seeds (jeera powder) instead of whole seeds. Because the seeds may not get ground properly when you blend them along with sweet potato and lentils.