Many years ago, I made a hummus soup that was so luxurious and flavourful that it felt decadent, but it wasn’t! It was all the bright flavours of typical hummus with fewer calories and fat. You already know that I love using lentils for quick and flavourful soups and sauces so this recipe will come as no surprise. It can be made as thick or as thin as you choose. I used roasted garlic instead of fresh garlic to tone down the garlic hit but also provide a beautiful nutty background flavour. I also added freshly grated turmeric, which is not in traditional hummus but added a lovely earthy tone.
Lentil Hummus Soup
Makes about 1 L, but it depends on how thick you make the soup.
A KitchenInspirations Original Recipe
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Ingredients:
- 120 g red lentils
- 375 mL vegetable stock, or to taste
- 50 g tahini (or natural peanut butter)
- 20 g roasted garlic
- 10 g turmeric, freshly grated
- 4 g toasted cumin
- 15 mL lemon juice
- 50 mL olive oil
- sea salt, to taste
- 10 g feta, per serving, for crumbling
Directions:
- Cook the lentils in the vegetable stock until very soft. Add the tahini, garlic, turmeric, cumin and lemon juice and stir well until the tahini has melted into the soup.
- Transfer to a glass stick blender container and blend until very smooth, adding more stock if you see necessary. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil as you are blending. Season to taste.
- Serve hot garnished with crumbled feta cheese.

A deliciously velvety hummus-style soup.
I’m going to want to sop this up with several large, warm pieces of pita bread.
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Fabulous! And very unique!
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Mmm all the things that I love in one soup! It looks like it has a lovely velvety texture too 😀
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I don’t believe I’ve ever used tahini or peanut butter in soup. Sounds interesting, and I do love lentils. And soup. 🙂 Good stuff — thanks.
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Believe it or not, I think it was a Weight Watchers recipe that I first saw tahini used in a soup, about a million years ago. Thanks for your comment, John.
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If it wasn’t so dang hot out, I’d make a batch of this fabulous lentil soup for lunches this week. It sounds divine!! And healthy enough to have a slice of poke cake afterwards, right?
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I’ll share my soup, Liz, if you share your poke cake! Thank you for your kind comment.
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Very interesting recipe, Eva! I love hummus, turmeric (I add it to so many dishes…), garlic, red lentils… so I’m sure I’d find it irresistibly good!
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It makes me so happy when I can find/create a recipe that has so many things that I love, yet it is healthy! Thank you for your kind words.
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Wonderful looking and sounding soup.
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Thank you Maria, I believe we eat with our eyes first.
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I adore anything lentils and legumes! This is very creamy and delicious.
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Thanks Angie, it was a lovely and filling soup.
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