Sweet Potato & Red Lentils Soup

Cant believe its already 10th edition of blogging marathon starts today, its quite amazing and definitely am so happy to be a part of this fabulous event again, with so many interesting themes Srivalli announced this 10th edition few days back and i immediately choosed to run both two weeks of blogging marathon with winter recipes for the first week and kid's deceptively delicious foods as theme for the second week,do check the other marathoners running this blogging marathon here...Its too cold here, we cant go out without our jackets,cloves and shoes..Its dark already once the clock shows 4pm..Seriously i feel soo lazy and sleepy,if its winter here french peoples wont keep them away from meats,cheeses and foods prepared basically with potatoes just to keep them warm during this nasty weather..

Usually our dinner goes for salads or soups, but this winter seems to be too cold already and i couldnt stop myself to make warm and comforting soups atleast thrice a week,here is one among the soup i prepared few days back for our dinner with sweet potato and red lentils aka masoor dal, this combo works out wonder and this soup is totally satisfying and comforting, super filling if served with grilled meats or with a simple sandwich..Sending to Giveaway time an event by Sayantani and Cuponation.

2cups Sweet potatoes (peeled & chopped)
1/2cup Red lentils
1no Onion (chopped)
3nos Garlic cloves
2cups Vegetable stock
1/2tsp Parsley leaves
1cup Water
Salt
Pepper powder
Few chilly flakes
Olive oil

Heat enough olive oil in a pressure cooker, saute the chopped onions,garlic cloves until the onions turns transculent, add immediately the chopped sweet potatoes, meanwhile wash and soak the red lentils in water, cook until the veggies gets partially cooked, add the red lentils,vegetable stock water, enough water,parsley leaves,pepper powder and salt..Put the flame in high,close the pressure cooker and cook upto 3hisses..

Once the steam get released, blend the cooked veggies-dal mixture as thick soup and serve topped with chilly flakes and a simple sandwich..