Instant Pot Kale Lentil Soup
Before I share the recipe for Instant Pot Kale Lentil Soup today, I want to take a minute and say Thank you to my readers for the overwhelmingly positive responses that I have received for the Instant pot vegetable rice and also for the requests for new recipes. So many people have tried preparing the recipes with great success.
Today’s recipe is yet another easy and yummy recipe with this newly found kitchen helper: Instant pot Kale Lentil Soup. Why soup? It is one of the best kind of food for the fall/winter season. A steaming cup of soup with the right mix of vegetables delivers a full serving of vegetables for a day and leaves you warm. With the instant pot, it has become easier than ever to prepare a soup.
I do not think I have never prepared a sumptuous soup in less than 30 minutes until now. My family loved this soup and I am sure you will love it too.
The goodness in this vegan soup comes from Kale, lentils, Tomatoes, Cloves, turmeric and other spices. Kale is one of the best vegetables out there for its iron content. If you don’t have Kale, you can use any other leafy vegetable like spinach or red chard leaves. Choosing other vegetables to add is really up to you.
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Here are the recipe details.
Instant Pot Kale Lentil Soup
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cup lentils (use brown or green lentils)
- 2 1/2 Cup chopped kale leaves
- 2 large size carrots
- 3 Roma tomatoes
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1/2- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 2 Garlic cloves (minced)
- 1/2 inch ginger (grated)
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 small cinnamon
- 4 cloves (Indian spice)
- Pink salt
- 1/2 tsp thyme (optional)
- 3 cup organic vegetable broth
- 1 1/2 -2 cup Cups water
- 2 Tbsp chives (optional)
- 1 Medium size onion
Instructions
- Follow up with ginger, and garlic. Stir constantly for a minute or until the garlic turns golden brown.
- Add onions, stirring constantly for 1 minute.
Add kale and continue to cook for 30 seconds.Now, add carrots and tomatoes.Add all the spices and stir for a minute. - Add lentils, vegetable broth, water, salt, and thyme. Stir for about 30 seconds.
- Close the lid of the instant pot. Turn the steam release handle to sealing position. Press the Pressure cooking button and set the time for 10 minutes.
When the time is up, open the lid using quick release.
Nutrition
Kale Lentil Soup is ready! Serve hot with crackers or croutons!
That is one hearty, nutritious and delicious soup. Love that you used your insta pot to make it. I’m always looking for recipes to use my insta pot 🙂
Thank you Pavani 🙂 Instant Pot makes everything easy!
Winter here is so bad that even in Austin it is snowing..this soup will be perfect for this weather… delicious and filling
Thank you Lathiya:) Yes this will be perfect for cold weather.
Such a healthy soup – I could have this anytime 😊
Thank you 😊
I am making this now it looks amazing but as I was makingit, your directions say to add onion but I don’t see onion up in the recipe so I just kind of guesstimated. Just wanted to let you know. Smells delicious!
Thank you Joy Neal! Yes you are right I missed in the ingredients list. Thanks for letting me know that. I will fix it🙏🏻😊
Hope you will like the taste too.
Such a filling dish. perfect way to enjoy this cold weather.
True:)
This looks like wholesome meal. Highly nutritious and looks quite delicious. Loved the serve ware in which you served the soup.
Thank you:) Yes healthy and delicious meal!
We love kale and lentils, so yes this hearty and delicious soup right up my street.
Great! Go for it:)
This is such a healthy and delicious soup Uma! Loving it, can sip the whole bowl.
Thank you Jayashree:)
Instant pot is the gadget you want in your kitchen…it’s makes life so easy!! Loved the lentil and kale soup… Perfect for this cold weather!
Wholesome dish and prfect for the ongoing cold weather
Do you remove the cloves?
Hi Charlotte. Remove cloves from where?
Hi Uma, do we use dry lentils or pre-cooked for this recipe?
Hi Julie, Dry Lentils. Thank you for stopping by.
Hi. Made the soup last week and it was delicious. I did have to make some adjustments just based on what I had in the house such as using ground ginger rather than fresh ginger Etc. My questions are with the cinnamon, do you mean cinnamon sticks? And then as above somebody was asking about taking out the cloves, I’m assuming she meant once the recipe is done do you pull out the cloves like you would the bay leaves?
Hi Janet! Very happy to hear that you made this soup and you liked it:) Yes I usually take out the bay leaves and cinnamon sticks once soup is done. But taking out the cloves after cooking is optional. Because I like to chew with soup. You can use either cinnamon powder or sticks both works fine! Hope you are clear now. Let me know if you need any further assistance. Thank you 😊