Butternut and Chick Pea Soup With Bulgur Wheat | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Butternut and Chick Pea Soup With Bulgur Wheat | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

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This is a vegetable soup with Middle-Eastern flavours and, in place of the pasta that you'd cook for a traditional Italian minestrone, I use bulgur wheat.

Keywords

  • Autumnal
  • Winter
  • Comfort
  • Middle Eastern Inspired
  • Dairy Free
  • Egg Free
  • Nut Free
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
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Ingredients

  • 2 x 15ml tablespoons regular olive oil
  • 1 red onion (peeled and chopped)
  • Maldon sea salt flakes (to taste)
  • 1 butternut squash (peeled, de-seeded and chopped into 2cm / ¾in cubes)
  • 1 clove garlic (peeled and finely grated or minced)
  • 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
  • 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
  • 2 - 3 (total weight approx. 75g / 2½ oz) preserved lemons (finely chopped)
  • 250 grams home-cooked chickpeas or drained weight from a jar or can
  • 1½ litres mild vegetable stock
  • 100 grams bulgur wheat
  • chopped fresh coriander to serve (optional)

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