< Sweet potato and lentil soup

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Yield: serves 6

Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 tsp medium curry powder
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• olive oil
• 2 onions
• 1 grated apple
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 20g pack coriander, stalks chopped
• thumb-size piece fresh root ginger, grated
• 800g sweet potatoes
• 1.2l low-sodium vegetable stock
• 100g red lentils
• 300ml milk (optional)
• juice 1 lime

Method

• Put the curry powder into a large then toast over a medium heat for 2 mins.
• Add the olive oil, stirring as the spice sizzles in the pan.
• Tip in the onions, apple, garlic, coriander stalks and ginger, season, then gently cook for 5 mins, stirring every so often.
• Meanwhile, peel, and cut the sweet potatoes.
• Tip into the pan with the stock, lentils, milk and seasoning, then simmer, covered, for 20 mins.
• Blend until smooth using a stick blender. Stir in the lime juice, check the seasoning and serve, topped with roughly-chopped coriander leaves.