Fresh carrot and lentil soup with coconut and lime

Ingredients: 
1 tbsp olive oil/rape seed oil
2 onions
2 tbsp mild curry paste
1 stick of celery
18oz/500 grams carrots
6oz/175 red lentils
2oz/50 gms pearl barley
3 pints/1.8 litres veg stock
14floz/400 ml can of coconut milk
2 tbsp lime juice
3 tbsp fresh coriande

Method: 

• Finely chop the onion,carrot and celery
• Heat the oil and add the vegetables to the pan
• Soften in the pan, while stirring, for 5 minutes
• Add lentils and pearl barley and stir before adding the stock
• Now add the curry paste
• Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes
• Blend half the soup until smooth
• Mix with unblended soup
• Chop the coriander
• Add the coconut milk, lime juice and coriander

Original Source: 
Izzy Silvester