I want to make that thin lentil soup you sometimes get at buffets...

[SharingMichelle]

It's sometimes a bit spicy (I'd make it a lot spicy) and the base liquid is almost clear - well, very thin anyway, and it has lentils and little bits of veg in it... carrots and celery maybe?

Anyone know what I mean?

Anyone got a recipe?

It has to be thin, not thick.

Do you mean dahl Sharing? If you do. it usually has finely cut onions in it.It's easy to make. with the orange lentils that go yellow when cooked.

Or maybe Italian wedding soup? castlesandcooks.com/2012/03/27/cooks-recipe-lentil-italian-wedding-soup/

There is a lovely Turkish lentil soup but it's quite thick?

Sambhar - like a broth eaten with rice?

Def not dahl. Much soupier than dahl.

Italian and Turkish soups too thick too.

It's not sambhar, but actually that's a good point, it's not a million miles from sambhar. Fewer veggies and no drumsticks. Oh, but both my attempts to make sambhar have been dreadful.

It's just, sort of... broth, with the odd lentil or bit of veg floating about in it. Quite clear, mostly.

Could it be consommé ? Which is a clear, meaty soup with maybe a few veg. but not with lentils (well I've never seen it with lentils).

My mum makes it, green lentils, carrots, tomatoes, onions, garlic, bay leaf.

I sometimes add some finely shredded spinach.

The only type I can think of is definitely not spicy at all, and made with ham stock, onion, carrots and lentils.
You could use celery, I don't as I hate it.

Oh yes, celery or rather celeriac too.

Soup at a buffet?

Chop onion and put it in a pan with 6 cups of boiling water and 4 or 5 (according to taste) chicken stock cubes. Don't use vegetable stock unless you vegetarian otherwise it doesn't taste right!
Add 1.5 cups of washed red lentils.
Stir once, cover then leave alone to simmer for an hour.
After an hour blend using hand held blender.
Add teaspoon or 2 of cumin.
Add lemon juice to taste when serving.

Noooooooooo.
No stock cubes, no blending.

Like Scots vegetable broth? Could give you my family recipe, I suppose!

First things first.

What kind of lentils OP? You're not giving us much to work with.

StopShouting That's dahl ! The OP said it isn't dahl .

I would use that recipe though (bar the stock cubes, I don't like their ingredients). I've always wanted to know how to make dahl.

Like making I thought of Scottish veggie broth.

I mean like malin!

Are you thinking of Rasam? Kind of like sambhar but not quite? indianhealthyrecipes.com/tomato-charu-recipe-tomato-rasam-recipe-andhra-style/

Cor, that looks really good. I'm going to make rasam. I'll let you know if it turns out to be the thing I was thinking of.

Also Scots veg broth looks good, but it isn't what I meant.

I make a Greek style lentil soup that sounds similar. You chop garlic, onion, carrot and celery and add that to a pan with green lentils, water and a few bay leaves. I add a chicken stock cube but traditionally you don't. Boil it all up for an hour or so, add salt if it needs it and then a small amount of vinegar in your bowl. I add chopped feta too if I've got any.

Sounds a bit like harira - Moroccan lentil soup?

Hey can I please join this thread. Really Interested in non diet approach and could do with some support