# Red Lentil Soup

> The soup every family kitchen knows by heart: warm, cheap, and ready before the bread is out of the oven.

- By: Zahraa Muathanna
- Serves: 4 people
- Prep: 10 min · Cook: 30 min · Total: 40 min
- Difficulty: Easy
- Tags: soup, vegan
- Published: 2026-10-05
- Source: https://cooking.zozii.space/recipes/lentil-soup
- Also in: [Arabic](https://cooking.zozii.space/ar/recipes/lentil-soup.md)

## The story

The soup every family kitchen knows by heart: warm, cheap, and ready before the bread is out of the oven.

## Ingredients

### Soup

- 1½ cup Red lentils, rinsed
- 1.5 l Water or stock
- 1 Onion
- 1 tsp Ground cumin
- 8 g Salt

### To serve

- Lemon wedges, for squeezing

## Method

1. Sauté the onion until golden, add the cumin, lentils and water, and simmer until the lentils fall apart. _(25 min)_
2. Blend until smooth, season with salt, and serve with lemon.