Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, hearty vegan split-pea and lentil soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This is the long version with a lot of talking. I plan on making yet another batch for a shorter version which a link will be posted here when complete. This is a simple vegan, gluten-free recipe for pureed split pea and lentil soup, made with split peas, brown or green lentils, carrots, celery, and herbs. The mixture of split peas and lentils gives this vegetable soup a nice texture, especially once it is blended until smooth.

Hearty Vegan Split-Pea and Lentil Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Hearty Vegan Split-Pea and Lentil Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have hearty vegan split-pea and lentil soup using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Hearty Vegan Split-Pea and Lentil Soup:

1. Get 1 cup dried split peas
2. Get 1/2 cup green lentils
3. Prepare 1/2 cup yellow lentils
4. Prepare 2/3 cup barley
5. Get 3 tbsp olive oil
6. Take 2 medium onions
7. Prepare 4 clove garlic
8. Take 5 medium carrots
9. Get 1 salt and pepper to taste

This makes a very thick vegetarian split pea soup. To make it thinner, reduce the amount of split peas or add more water. This delicious, vegan split pea soup with carrots and potatoes is low-fat and can be made quickly in the pressure cooker or Instant Pot. In a way, this is a soup that needs no introduction: it's your basic, all-purpose, down-to-earth split-pea soup.

Instructions to make Hearty Vegan Split-Pea and Lentil Soup:

1. If possible, do this step ahead. If not, start here and disregard the times mentioned in this step: Rinse peas and lentils well and leave in water (together in one bowl) to soak for 30 minutes up to 4 hours. Prepare barley similarly and soak separately for 30 minutes.
2. Place large (8L) pressure cooker or 5L pot on med-high heat. When pot is warm, add olive oil. Meanwhile coarsely chop onion and add to pot after olive oil. Saute for 5-8 minutes till clear. While onions cook, peel carrots and slice into 1/4 inch "pennies".
3. Chop garlic and add to onion. Saute till fragrant.
4. Drain peas and lentils and add to pot. Mix well and let cook together until very fragrant, about 3-5 minutes.
5. For pressure cooker: Add carrots to pot. Rinse barley, add to pot and cook together for 1-2 minutes. Add 3L water (or double the height of the peas). In any case do not exceed pot limit. Season, cover and cook at med-high heat for 40 minutes (after achieving pressure). Turn off heat, leave pot closed for another 30 minutes.
6. For regular pot: Add carrots to pot and cook for two minutes. Add water till three times the height of the peas, or about 1.5 inches from pot rim. Season, bring to a boil and cook for 3 hours. Rinse barley, add to pot and continue to cook another 35 mins - 1 hour.
7. Best enjoyed after resting overnight or at least 2 hours.

This delicious, vegan split pea soup with carrots and potatoes is low-fat and can be made quickly in the pressure cooker or Instant Pot. In a way, this is a soup that needs no introduction: it's your basic, all-purpose, down-to-earth split-pea soup. This is the one I whip up when I'm serving curry-haters. Hearty vegan split pea soup chock full of nutritious ingredients for a comforting but healthy dinner. The slightly smokey flavor is mouth watering!

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