Spiced Lentil Lemon Grass Soup

Ingredients:
Red Lentil (laal masoor) soaked	2 table spoon
Chopped Onion (pyaaz)	1 table spoon
Chopped mixed vegetable ( kati hui sabziyan)	2 table spoon
Chopped Tomato (tamatar)	1/2 cup
Garlic ginger (lahsun-adrak)	½ tea spoon
Chilli powder (mirch)	1/4 tea spoon
Salt	to taste
Lemon grass (fresh or dried)	5-6
Olive oil	1 tea spoon
Lemon juice	2 tea spoon
Curd (dahi)	2 table spoon

Method

1. Heat oil in a large non-stick saucepan and add onion, garlic, ginger and chili and cook for 2 minutes more.
2. Add chopped vegetables and lemon grass and further cook it for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
3. Put the lentils and tomatoes into the pan. Add 4 cups of water into the saucepan. Adjust the salt and bring it to boil on low flame.
4. Simmer it for 30-40 minutes until the lentils are tender and the soup is thickened.
5. Now grind the cooked mixture in grinder and again put it on flame. Boil it for 2 minutes and put the flame off.
6. Add few drops of lemon juice and decorate it with swirl of curd and serve hot.