How to Prepare Perfect Fennel and lentil soup - vegan

Fennel and lentil soup - vegan.

You can have Fennel and lentil soup - vegan using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Fennel and lentil soup - vegan

1. It's 1 tbsp of olive oil.
2. Prepare 1 of onion, peeled and chopped.
3. Prepare 1 of garlic clove, peeled and crushed.
4. It's 1 of carrot, chopped.
5. Prepare 2 sticks of celery, chopped.
6. Prepare 1 of fennel bulb, chopped.
7. You need 1 tsp of fennel seeds.
8. It's 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds.
9. You need 1/3 cup of puy lentils.
10. Prepare 500 ml of vegan stock.
11. You need 2 handfuls of kale- optional.
12. You need of juice of 1/2 lemon.
13. You need of seasoning.
14. You need 100 g of cooked grain eg freekeh, maftoul, giant couscous - optional.

Fennel and lentil soup - vegan instructions

1. Heat the oil in a pan (that has a lid for later) on a medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for about 10mins until softened..
2. Add the carrot, celery, fennel, fennel seeds and cumin seeds. Turn the heat down to low- medium, cover and sauté for another 10-15 mins. Give them a stir now and then..
3. Add the lentils and stock. Cover and simmer for 25-30 mins..
4. Add the kale. Cover and cook for 5 mins..
5. Stir in the lemon juice and the grains if using. Season to taste..
6. Enjoy 😋.