A lightly spiced Citrusy lentil soup with sweet and tangy flavors. Easy Instant Pot recipe with pantry ingredients like lentils, tomatoes, oranges, and basic spices.
Schools are close this week due to the Blizzard of 2017. So I am grabbing the opportunity to experiment in the kitchen with my boys. It was my younger son's turn this time to cook something in the Instant Pot. He was so excited and this recipe was perfect for him to make!
The original recipe is from one of my favorite blogs, coniferesetfeuillus! Annika, the blogger, is a very talented woman with delicious recipes and gorgeous photography. Her posts are fun to read, and I love that she shares her experiences from growing up in an immigrant family from India. Many of her stories resonate with my experiences as an immigrant.
This recipe calls for split pigeon peas that are a staple in Indian households. It would also work great with split red lentils {masoor daal}. I love how the tomatoes and spices seamlessly blend in this soup!
Tip
Adding a little bit of brown sugar complements the tangy flavors making it a yummy sweet and sour soup.
Here is my 11 year old making the soup and being so proud of himself:
Do not forget to check the nutrition label for this super healthy and satisfying recipe!
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Citrusy lentil soup - Instant pot
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried split yellow pigeon peas rinsed and drained
- 3 plum tomatoes diced
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons ground corinader
- 3 navel oranges, juiced about 1 ½ cups juice
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar optional
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro finely chopped
Instructions
- Add lentils, tomatoes, salt, turmeric, red chili powder, cumin and coriander to the Instant pot. Add 3 cups of water. Stir and close Instant Pot.
- Pressure Cook for 15 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally.
- Open Instant Pot and blend the lentils with an immersion blender to make smooth puree.
- Add orange juice and mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste. I also added brown sugar to give a little sweet taste to the soup and to compliment the tangy flavors from tomatoes and oranges.
- Garnish with finely chopped cilantro leaves. Serve hot!
Nutrition
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Pan says
Please forward my praise to your 11 year old, he made a very nice presentation..
The soup looks fantastic and sounds just as good as it looks.. I don't have an Instant Pot or my pressure cooker with me.. It takes up too much room in the truck for the little I use it.. But I could do this on the stove while I'm pittling around in the truck for extended times parked ?
Archana says
Thank you Pan for your kind words. I will pass them to my son. I am sure this recipe will come out good in the stove too. Needs very few ingredients for a super tasty soup.
annika says
Looks lovely, Archana! And thank you for this warm intro; I am literally blushing! I hope you guys make this soup a regular in your home as it is in ours!
Archana says
This soup is on our repeat list Annika! Thank you for the amazing recipe.
Ellanor Aquitaine says
Just love reading all of your recipes Archana. They always look so yummy and give me good inspiration on what to cook.
Archana says
Thank you Ellanor! This recipe is from my friend Annika. Do check her gorgeous blog coniferesetfeuillusdotcom.wordpress.com too. Everyone in my family loves this healthy and simple soup.
The Recipettes says
That's a wonderful blog post. Greetings from Vienna. Would be nice if you could swing by. We just started translating our recipes too. 🙂 Bye
Archana says
Thank you! Honored to be noticed all the way form Vienna. I look forward to exploring your blog.
DelishHomeCook says
What a brilliant idea with orange in the soup:)
Archana says
Thank you! This soup is delicious and simple to make.
Mugdha says
Made this today and loved it! Perfect for this weather. However I used OJ instead of fresh juice as that is what i had and I also added a little ginger when cooking..definitely a keeper..
Archana says
Thank you for the feedback.