Vegan Recipes

Hot and Sour Soup

300 ml water
2 chopped up, medium onions
2 minced cloves garlic
2 stalks of lemon grass, chopped along the stalk to make small roundlets
½ tsp chili powder or fresh chili to taste
1½ cups rinsed dried red lentils
½ tsp paprika
1 tin (about 280-300 ml) coconut milk
1 juice of lemon
½ cup chopped coriander
Vegetable or olive oil

• Sauté the onions, garlic and lemon grass until onions are see-through.
• Add the other ingredients except for the lemon juice and coriander.
• Simmer until the lentils are soft; about 15-20 minutes.
• Add the lemon juice and coriander.

Serves 3 people


Recipe supplied by Angela Tuson, East London, South Africa