Lentil soup in a slow cooker

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Ingredients

2. Step 2:

   

   Rinse the lentils, pour cold water and leave to swell for 1 hour.

3. Step 3:

   

   Scald the tomato with hot water, remove the skin and cut.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour a little vegetable oil (about 4-5 tablespoons) into the bowl of the slow cooker. Add chopped tomatoes and turmeric. Turn on the program "Frying" for 10 minutes. and fry the tomato and spices. Then take out this roasting and add it at the end of cooking the soup.

5. Step 5:

   

   Grate the peeled carrots, peel the onion and chop.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add vegetable oil to the bowl, put the vegetables and set the program "Frying" for 15 minutes. Fry the vegetables.

8. Step 7:

   

   Add lentils to the vegetables, add a little water (1/4 cup) and set the program "Stewing" for 30 minutes. You can immediately add water and cook soup, but it is better to put out the lentils in vegetables. Let her absorb their scents. Let the slow cooker finish the program.

9. Step 8:

   

   Add water, salt, pepper and install the program "Soup" for 1 hour.

10. Step 9:

    

    Peel and dice the potatoes. Add potatoes to the soup 40 minutes before the end of the program. 10 minutes before cooking, add tomatoes with turmeric.

11. Step 10:

    

    At the mint sprigs, remove the leaves, finely chop them and add them before the end of the program in 1 minute, or in time for a signal of readiness.

12. Step 11:

    

    Let the finished soup brew for 20-25 minutes.

13. Step 12:

    

    Pour on plates and enjoy the fragrant lentil soup.