Lentil Soup With Cilantro

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	237ml	Green or brown lentils
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Onion (small)
2		Garlic - minced
1		Bay leaf
6 1/2 cups	1540ml	Water
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
		Fresh ground pepper
1		Cilantro - chopped
1/4 cup	59ml	Plain non-fat yogurt garnish

Recipe Instructions

Wash and pick over lentils. Combine lentils, onion, garlic, bay leaf and water in a soup pot.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 40 minutes. Add the salt toward the end of the cooking time.

Remove from the heat. Discard the onion and bay leaf. Put the soup through a food mill or puree half of it in a blender.

Heat through, add salt and pepper to taste, stir in the cilantro, and serve, topping each bowl with a dollop of yogurt.

Source:
"Entertaining Light" Martha Rose Shulman.

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