Lentil Soup with Turmeric and Ginger

Name: Lentil Soup with Turmeric and Ginger
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Precooked lentils (drained weight) 2 ½ cups; Onions 3.5 oz; Celery 1 cup; Vegetable broth 3.3 cups; Powdered turmeric 1 tsp; Powdered ginger 1 tsp; Basil to taste; Extra virgin olive oil to taste; Fine salt to taste; Black pepper to taste

Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Serving: 4
Cost: Low

PRESENTATION

Recipe by
Lulù Gargari

Lentil Soup with Turmeric and Ginger is a creamy, warming vegetarian soup built for cool-weather dinners—straightforward to pull together and genuinely satisfying. The turmeric and ginger are the real story: they give the lentils a fragrant, aromatic lift that makes this feel distinctly different from a plain lentil pot, without adding any complexity to the process. The result is something that tastes carefully seasoned while still coming together quickly on a weeknight.

On its own, the soup is light enough to serve alongside thick slices of toasted bread and call it dinner. If you want something heartier, stir farro, barley, rice, or broken pasta directly into the pot—it thickens into a full minestra that holds well and eats like a complete meal. Either way, the flavor stays honest: gently spiced, creamy, and straightforwardly good.

How to prepare Lentil Soup with Turmeric and Ginger

To prepare the lentil soup with turmeric and ginger, first slice both the celery and the onion 1. Put the vegetables into a saucepan with a drizzle of oil 2, then season with salt 3 and pepper.

Add the ginger 4 and ground turmeric 5, then gently sauté for 5 minutes 6.

At this point add the precooked lentils 7 and stir for a couple of minutes to let them absorb the flavors, then pour in almost all of the vegetable broth 8. Bring to a gentle boil and cook for 10–15 minutes 9.

At the end of cooking, blend part of the soup with an immersion blender 10. You can adjust the consistency by adding any remaining broth. Plate 11 and garnish with a couple of basil leaves 12.

Finally finish with a drizzle of oil 13, a pinch of turmeric 14 and a grind of pepper. Your lentil soup with turmeric and ginger is ready to be served 15!