{"id":2082,"date":"2025-03-31T15:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:41:57","slug":"red-lentil-chickpea-chilli-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/red-lentil-chickpea-chilli-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Red lentil, chickpea &amp; chilli soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-1-color\">Ingredients<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 tsp&nbsp;cumin seeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a large pinch of chilli flakes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tbsp&nbsp;olive oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0red onion, chopped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>140 g&nbsp;of red split lentils<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>850 ml&nbsp;of vegetable stock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>400 g\u00a0tin of tomatoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>200 g&nbsp;can chickpeas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a small bunch of coriander roughly chopped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 tbsp&nbsp;of Greek yogurt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-1-color\">Instructions<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dry-fry the cumin seeds and the chilli flakes for 1 minute, or until they start to jump around the pan and release their aromas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the olive oil and the chopped red onion, and cook for 5 minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stir in the red split lentils, the stock and the tin of tomatoes, then bring to the boil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simmer for 15 minutes until the lentils have softened.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whizz the soup with a stick blender, pour back into the pan and add the chickpeas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heat gently, season well and stir in the chopped coriander, reserving a few leaves to serve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finish with the Greek yogurt and extra coriander leaves.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-1-color\">Notes<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milo decided not to whizz the soup, and we prefer it like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients Instructions Notes Milo decided not to whizz the soup, and we prefer it like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[141,44],"class_list":["post-2082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soup","tag-chickpeas","tag-lentils"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions\/2443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithafork.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}