Sweet potato and lentil soup is an incredibly filling soup that is quick and easy to make.
You can enjoy this soup recipe as it is, or you can alter the taste by adding in your favourite herbs or spices.
I made this soup in a Ninja Soup Maker, but you can make it in any soup maker (but you might need to adjust the quantities of the ingredients depending on the capacity of your machine).
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What You Need
For more concise instructions or to print out this recipe please head to the recipe card at the bottom of this page.
The basic ingredients you will need to make this soup include;
Sweet Potatoes – I used 2 medium sweet potatoes, it’s your choice whether you want to peel them or not. You will want to chop them up into cubes before putting them in your soup maker.
Red Lentils – there is no need to pre soak red lentils, just give them a good rinse in some water. I used 150g (3/4 cup) of red lentils, which made the soup nice and thick – if you prefer a thicker or thinner consistency, then increase or decrease the amount of lentils accordingly.
Onion & Garlic
Stock/Broth – I added 3 teaspoons of Buillon vegetable stock straight to the soup maker jug and then poured boiling water in up to the maximum hot water line. You can make it up seperately or use a vegetable stock pot or cube instead.
Seasoning – adjust according to your own tastes. You can add salt, pepper, celery salt, chilli flakes – the choice if yours!
Making It A Curried Soup
You could just leave the soup with the ingredients listed out above – but I decided to turn my sweet potato and lentil soup into a curried one, much like I did with my curried parsnip soup.
How do you make a curried soup? It’s as simple as adding in a tablespoon of your favourite curry powder. I chose to add 1tbsp of medium curry powder and 1tsp of ground ginger. This resulted in a tasty mild curry flavour which we all loved.
Once everything is in the soup maker, including the stock, you just need to pop the lid on and set the soup maker off on smooth.
Once it has reached the end of it’s soup making cycle, give it a quick taste test (taking care not to burn yourself!) and then serve. If the soup is too thick – which can often be the case with lentils – add some more hot water or stock and give it a quick manual blend on low.
I hope you enjoy this soup recipe – let me know in the comments if you end up making it!
Sweet Potato and Lentil Soup (in a Soup Maker)
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Ingredients
- 300 g sweet potatoes chopped
- 150 g red lentils rinsed
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic sliced/crushed
- Vegetable stock/broth + hot water up to maximum line
- 1 tbsp medium curry powder optional
- 1 tsp ground ginger
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to your soup maker jug. If you have a saute function (like the Ninja) you can optionally add a little oil or butter and gently fry the onions and garlic first.
- Add the stock pot/cube and top up to the maximum line with boiling water.
- Set off on smooth.
- Once finished, season some more if required.
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an estimate.
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Patt
Friday 28th of April 2023
Is it a mistake, to make a thicker consistency, REDUCE the amount of lentils. I’m going to be making this, but will follow ingredients to recipe. I love most of your soups. All soups make a filling and tasty lunch, with either a sandwich or anroll.
Liana Green
Tuesday 2nd of May 2023
Hi Patt - oops, yes, it should read increase lentils not reduce! I have edited the post - thanks!