Coconut Lentil Curry Soup in a Jar

Why You’ll Love It

It tastes great: Indian flavors like coconut, curry powder and vegetables give this soup a wonderful taste. It’s an exotic soup you’re going to love.
Really simple to prepare: To make the soup mix you put dried lentils and spices into a jar and then, to make up the soup when you’re ready, just combine the mix with a few basic ingredients and cook.
Super-convenient: For a tasty dinner in a hurry, you can just grab the jar, add the other ingredients and your meal will be ready in a flash!
Easily tweakable: Add any other vegetables you want, change up the seasonings or even swap some of the lentils for shredded cooked chicken or pork.
Vegan and vegetarian friendly: This soup is suitable for vegans and vegetarians.
Gluten-free and dairy-free: It’s free from gluten and dairy too!

Lentil Soup in a Jar Ingredients

A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.

Dried lentils: Use any kind of lentils you want.
Spices: Curry powder, turmeric, cumin, salt, and dried garlic add flavor to the soup mix.
Coconut milk: Use regular or light coconut milk.
Vegetable broth: Use another kind unless you want to make a vegetarian soup.
Asparagus: For color and flavor.

How to Make Indian-Style Lentil Soup

For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.

Prepare the curried lentil soup in a jar mix: Add the ingredients for the jar to a pint jar, put on the lid and seal it tightly.
Cook the Indian lentil soup: Sauté the onion in oil in a pot over a medium heat, and then add the soup ingredients from the jar plus the broth. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, and then add the asparagus and coconut milk. Cover and simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes, then serve hot.

Substitutions and Variations

Add meat or seafood: Add chicken, turkey, pork, shrimp, or anything else you like to this lentil soup recipe if you don’t necessarily want it vegetarian.
Different vegetables: Asparagus is good but you can sub green peas, green beans, bell peppers, snow peas, bean sprouts, carrots, mushrooms, or anything you want.
Not a lentil lover? You can use noodles instead.
Other spices: Any Indian spice mix will work in this recipe or you can use any type of curry powder.

Serving Suggestions

As an appetizer: A small portion of this soup makes a great appetizer, perhaps served with chicken skewers.
As a snack: How about pairing this soup with a tofu wrap?
As a main meal: Enjoy beef bulgogi with this soup along with some Indian style snacks on the side.
Drink pairing: Anything goes, so how about some state fair lemonade or blueberry lemon jam seltzer?

How to Store Curry Lentil Soup Mix in a Jar

Store: Your soup mix will keep for a long time if you have the jar tightly sealed and keep it in the pantry or somewhere else that’s dark, dry place. Over time, some of the flavors will get muted but it’ll stay usable for a year – or even more!