Oriental Greens Soup

Written by Louisa Radice on Monday, March 30, 2009 at 09:01AM
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Ingredients
1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped
1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped
2.5 cm piece root ginger
1/4 tsp Thai shrimp paste
(Non-seafood eaters can replace the shrimp paste with tamarind)
1 tbsp Patak's lime pickle
2 leeks, trimmed, chopped and rinsed
225g green lentils, soaked overnight
1 Ltr vegetable stock
Bag of Oriental greens, washed and roughly chopped into 5cm lengths
coriander leaves, to garnish 

Method
1. Fry the garlic, chilli, ginger, shrimp paste and lime pickle until just starting to change colour.
2. Add the leeks and cook until wilted.
3. Drain and rinse the lentils and add with the stock; bring to the boil, then add the greens.
4. Simmer for 30 minutes. Blend in batches, reheat briefly and serve garnished with the coriander leaves.

Serves 4 as a starter or 2-3 as a light meal

About the author
Louisa is a Shillingford Organics box scheme customer

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