Turkish Red lentil soup

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Find Deals on Turkish Red Lentil in Beans & Grains on Amazon. In a large pot, combine lentils, broth, onion, carrot, garlic, tomato paste, cumin and cayenne and bring to a boil over high heat. Place the lentils and rice in a sieve, rinse well and allow to drain. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a heavy four-quart saucepan.

Turkish Red lentil soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Turkish Red lentil soup is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook turkish red lentil soup using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Turkish Red lentil soup:
  1. Make ready 200 g Red lentils
  2. Get 1 Potato
  3. Make ready 1 Onion
  4. Take 3 Cloves garlic
  5. Take 50 g Tomato paste
  6. Take 1 Red chilli
  7. Make ready 1 L Chicken stock
  8. Take 5-10 g Garam masala
  9. Make ready Fresh Cream
  10. Make ready Chilli flakes
  11. Take 1 Lemon
  12. Take Pita breads

Turkish red lentil soup or mercimek çorbası (meyr-ju-MEK' chor-BAH- su') is a popular hearty soup, especially during the winter months. It's also an important part of breaking the daily fast during the month of Ramadan. This simple, yet robust Turkish soup is rich with lemon and tomato. It gets a pleasantly thick body from red lentils, which soften and break down during cooking.

Steps to make Turkish Red lentil soup:
  1. Pre heat a soup pot. Chop the Onion, Chilli & Garlic into cubes and fry on a high heat in a splash of olive oil and butter until brown.
  2. Once the Onions & Garlic have browned, chop the potato into evenly cut cubes and throw into the pot alongside with 200g of Red lentils. - Once added and stirred, pour in the 50 g of tomato paste and mix.
  3. Add the 1L of chicken stock and let cook on medium high heat for at least 30-40 minutes & add 10 g of garam masala, also add salt and pepper to your taste of liking.
  4. Blend well, add a dash of cream for colour let cook again for 20 minutes with a lid on.
  5. Ready to serve, serve with a sprinkle of chilli flakes, toasted pita breads on the side and a splash of lemon on the soup. - My pleasure, Enjoy😊⭐️

This simple, yet robust Turkish soup is rich with lemon and tomato. It gets a pleasantly thick body from red lentils, which soften and break down during cooking. The Aleppo pepper is a wonderful addition, lending a gentle heat. How to serve Turkish lentil soup. A squeeze of lemon is virtually mandatory, so wherever there's red lentil soup, there'll be wedges of lemon in close proximity.

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