Pumpkin and Red Lentil Soup
Cheap, filling, and it freezes flat in bags.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin1 kg
- Dried red lentils200 g
- Brown onion200 g
- Carrots200 g
- Garlic15 g
- Crusty bread loaf1 ea
- Olive oil20 ml
- Ground cumin4 g
Method
- Peel and chop the pumpkin into 3cm pieces and roughly dice the onion and carrot.
- Cook the onion and carrot in the oil in a large pot for 8 minutes until soft.
- Add the garlic and cumin for 1 minute, then the pumpkin, rinsed lentils and 1.5 litres of water.
- Simmer for 25 minutes until the pumpkin is collapsing and the lentils are soft.
- Blend until smooth, season generously, and serve with the bread.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Gluten-free
- 500 g Gluten-free bread instead of Crusty bread loaf
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Pak'nSaveBest choiceno items missing · $14.35 of food
$32.82
56% spare
New Worldno items missing · $14.52 of food · $0.17 more
$59.52
76% spare
Woolworths NZno items missing · $21.01 of food · $6.66 more
$42.78
51% spare
$3.59a serve
$3.59 a serve, cheapest at Pak'nSave
About $14.35 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$56.94 across 3 shops · all 8 items priced · $27.05 more for bigger packs, 81% spare for later
Pak'nSaveBest choice$14.35
no items missing
you'll pay $32.82 · 56% of it spare
New World$14.52
no items missing · $0.17 more
you'll pay $59.52 · 76% of it spare
Woolworths NZ$21.01
no items missing · $6.66 more
you'll pay $42.78 · 51% of it spare
Buy at Pak'nSave$8.27
Dried red lentils
$4.58/kg
need 200 gPams Split Red Lentils 500 g$2.29closest match
Pak'nSave$4.58/kg$2.29·New World$4.98/kg$2.49·Woolworths NZ$2.65
Carrots
$1.99/kg
need 200 gCarrots 1 kg$1.99
Pak'nSave$1.99/kg$1.99·New World$2.19/kg$2.19·Woolworths NZ$3.50
Buy at Woolworths NZ$11.69
Brown onion
$4.99
need 200 gWoolworths fresh vegetable onions brown 1.5 kg
Woolworths NZ$4.99·Pak'nSave$3.49/kg$3.49·New World$3.59/kg$3.59
Crusty bread loaf
$4.10
need 1 itemWoolworths Standard 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (size unknown)
Woolworths NZ$4.10·Pak'nSave$1.40/100g$6.99·New World$1.40/100g$6.99
Ground cumin
$2.60
need 4 gGreggs cumin ground 40 gclosest match
Woolworths NZ$2.60·Pak'nSave$0.93/10g$2.59·New World$0.70/10g$2.79
Buy at New World$36.98
Garlic
$26.99/kg
need 15 gLoose Garlic 1 kg$26.99
New World$26.99/kg$26.99·Woolworths NZ$2.49·Pak'nSave~$41.50/kg$2.49
Olive oil
$2.00/100ml
need 20 mlPams Pure Olive Oil 100ml 1 L$9.99
New World$2.00/100ml$9.99·Woolworths NZ$8.95·Pak'nSave$1.80/100ml$8.99