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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal445
  • fat8g
  • saturates1g
  • carbs80g
  • sugars13g
  • fibre8g
  • protein19g
  • salt0.14g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Rinse the pearl barley and cook following pack instructions. When it is tender, drain and set aside. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a deep, heavy-bottomed pan. Fry the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chillies, bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon and turmeric until fragrant and the seeds start to crackle. Tip in the onion and garlic, then cook for 5-8 mins until soft. Stir in the parsnip, butternut and sweet potato and mix thoroughly, making sure the vegetables are fully coated with the oil and spices. Sprinkle in the paprika, ground coriander and seasoning, and stir again.

  • step 2

    Add the lentils, pearl barley, tomatoes and 1.7 litres water. Bring to the boil then turn down and simmer until the vegetables are tender. When the lentils are almost cooked, stir in the chopped coriander, ginger and lemon juice.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2011

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carolvogel202261614

What could I replace the barley with to make this gluten free?

kate's cakes

I would use organic short grain brown rice.

sandra5Pxcoa78

question

Does the barley have to be pre cooked? Can it be part cooked and added to finish cooking with the vegetables?

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes you could do it this way - just check the water levels during cooking and top up if needed as the barley will absorb a lot of liquid during cooking. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

emmaglaisherwtdH3RuV

tip

I put slightly less water than specified and juice of half a lemon. A little salt seems to open up the amazing flavours of this soup which I think is the tastiest I’ve ever made.

helengail

tip

If you are unable to have gluten then replace the barley with another grain, I used yellow split peas and it was amazing! Also if you are going to make this on a regular basis I would recommend measuring out maybe a few portions of The spices in one jar so that you don’t have to get lots of spices…

helengail

This was absolutely delicious, the flavours were so fresh and it made a huge difference to the taste when I added the lemon juice and coriander at the end so don’t skip that part! If you don’t like coriander then maybe add parsley. We are unable to eat Barley as we have coeliac disease so I…

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