Moroccan lentil soup

My blog events are always a great inspiration for me. So many nice recipes the contestants are posting! Many of those land on my “to cook” list. The Moroccan lentil soup is such a dish. It was posted by Cherry blossoms table for the Moroccan cooking event. Due to the spices one of my favorite soups.

Soak the lentils over night in water. Drain them the next day.

Peel and cube the potatoes and the carrots. Cube the onion, cut the look and spring onion in stripes.

Put the peeled garlic with the peeled and chopped ginger into a mortar. Add the pepper corns, the fennel seeds, the coriander seeds, the nutmeg, the paprika powder, the cumin and some salt and grind the ingredients until they turn into a paste. Mix with some olive oil.

Pour the mixture into a pot add the vegetables and heat it up. Fry the vegetables for a couple of minutes. Add the lentils and a liter of stock and boil for 20 minutes.

Sprinkle some chopped parsley over it an serve.