What do you think of this soup recipe?

So... last night, I was wondering what to cook. I'm an international student at SUNY Albany, from Bangladesh, and well, let's just say i miss the food back home. Never cooked before in 18 years before I came here, and in the last 2 years, I've learned a little... but still can't cook like my mom. (DAMMIT!) But anyways, last night I was going to cook the regular ';DAAL'; or Lentil Soup that we have back home... but then I ended up making something of my own which is nowhere near the stuff I was THINKING about cooking. Check out the recipe and lemme know what u think! (People, you should try it, it's GOOD!)





You'll need:





Regular Lentil: 5 cups


Potatoes: 4 (peeled or with skin, according to your preference, I prefer the skin on, as there's a lot of good vitamins and minerals on potato skins, AND FIBER!)


Turmeric Powder: 2 Tsp


Red Chili Powder: 2 Tsp


Paprika Powder: 2 Tsp


Dry Crushed Red Pepper: 6 Tsps


Dried Basil Leaves: 5-6


Milk: 1 and a half cup


Onions: Diced, Two Large


Garlic: Diced, 4 Tsps


Whole Medium Sized Canned Tomatoes: 6


Tabasco Sauce/Cayenne Pepper Sauce: 4 Tsps (Optional)


Regular Vegetable Oil: 1/2 Cup


Butter: 1/2 cup





And Salt: According to your taste.








First take the lentil, and wash them thoroughly. Put 4-5 Cups of water in a cooking pot, and let it heat for 5-6 minutes. Put all the lentil in the lukewarm water. Put 3 Tsps of Salt in it. Cover it up. Let it sit for 10 mins. Meanwhile, in another pot put the potatoes in water, with some salt sprinkled in the water, and let the potatoes boil. Cover up the pot





Come back to the pot with lentils. Put the mentioned amount of turmeric, chili and paprika powder in it. Stir it up with a wooden stirrer if you have one.If you see that the lentil with water has become FROTHY, then put 2 cups of water in it again. Cover it up with the lid. Let it cook/boil for 10 more minutes on medium high heat.





Take a frying pan and heat it up. Then put the oil in it. Now put the diced onions, the crushed chilli pepper powder and let it sizzle. Keep moving them around. After frying them for 5 mins, put away half of the onions and chilli on a plate (you'll need that half again). Now on the heated frying pan with the rest of the onions and chilli, put the basil leaves in and diced garlic in. Stir fry them for a 5 mins. After that, put the milk in, let it sit and cook for 5-6 mins.





In the lentil pot, the soup should be thickening, and boiling. Put the tomatoes in, (and also the tomato broth that comes in the pot with it). Put a couple more cups of water if you think it's necessary. Stir it a little, and cover it up again.





Now the potatoes should be done by this time. Mash the potatoes, put two cups of water, and put the pot on medium high heat for 5 mins. Be careful though, the mashed potatoes might stick to the bottom, so keep stirring. When the potatoes have reached a nice soft mashed potatoish texture, turn off the heat. Let it sit for a few minutes, while you turn your attention to the pan with the onions.





The milk should be frothing up, with the ingredients in it. Stir it once, to make the mixture even. Then pour the contents of the pan into the lentil-tomato soup pot. Add the tabasco sauce/cayenne pepper sauce. Stir it well, so that it mixes evenly in the pot. Then cover it up.





Now the mashed potatoes. put the molten butter, 1/2 cup of it, into the mashed potatoes, and then pour the rest of the stir fried onions/pepper in the mashed potatoes. Mix thoroughly. Taste the potato to check if it needs salt or not. (Salt, as I said, is according to your taste). After you make this exotic mashed potato thingy, (it should take 5-8 mins, and it tastes as good on its own too!), pour it into the lentil pot. Stir it well, put another 2 cups of water, and stir it again. Cover up the pot. And let it cook in medium heat for 20-30 mins.





When the soup is done, you'll see a nice yellowish texture to it, and it should be a little thick. Tastes great! And if you have fresh lemon, squeeze some lemon on top, it gives it that extra tangy kick to it. I enjoyed it. Lemme know what you people think!!!





P.S. I'm looking for a name for this soup. Any suggestions would be awesome! Oh and, it should serve 5 people. If you think it's too thick, pour a cup of water and heat it for 10 mins.





What do you think of this soup recipe?
omg that sounds FABULOUS...





I will try that thanks.


For a tip, do you ever keep in contact with your mom via internet or people that can talk to her to ask what you are doing different from her?





Thanks for the great recipe.What do you think of this soup recipe?
Yummy. The recipe looks great!
1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup butter is a lot of fat. Otherwise, it sounds great.