Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, turkish lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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. Turks also like to add a spoonful of chili oil or chili butter. Turkish Lentil Soup Ingredients: To make this traditional Turkish lentil soup (mercimek çorbası), you will need the following ingredients:.
Turkish Lentil Soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Turkish Lentil Soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook turkish lentil soup using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Turkish Lentil Soup:
- Prepare 150 ml Red lentils
- Get 1 small to medium Onion
- Get 1/3 Carrot (optional) 1, small Potato (optional)
- Prepare 1 Consomme bouillon cubes
- Make ready 1 pinch Salt
- Make ready 1200 ml Water
- Prepare 1 dash each Lemon, chili powder, mint
It's also an important part of breaking the daily fast during the month of Ramadan. Smooth, spicy, and nutritious, Turkish Red Lentil Soup is simple to make and is best served with a squeeze of lemon and drizzle of paprika-infused oil. A soup course is regularly present at the beginning of most Turkish meals and this red lentil soup is perhaps the most favored. It's quick to make, cheap, and filling.
Instructions to make Turkish Lentil Soup:
- These are red lentils. There are many different varieties depending on where they are produced, but the photo shows some beans I brought back from Turkey. They are plump. In Japan, you can buy them in the export food section of department stores, or at a health food shop, but they are a bit flatter.
- To prep the ingredients, rinse the lentils. Mince the onions. Peel the carrot and potato, and finely chop.
- Sauté the onions in oil (not listed). When they are well cooked and translucent, add the water and bring to a boil.
- Add the consomme bouillon cube, lentils, carrot, and potato, and simmer for 30 minutes on low to medium heat.
- Strain the soup from Step 4, return the liquid to the pot, and pulse the remainder in a blender until smooth. Return to the pot, then bring to a boil. It should be as thick as potage soup. Season with salt and other seasonings to taste.
- Pour into individual soup bowls, then squeeze on lemon juice for a nice touch. That is how I love it. It also tastes great garnished with chili peppers, mint leaves, parsley, or croutons.
- Add tomato paste. No need to mix.
A soup course is regularly present at the beginning of most Turkish meals and this red lentil soup is perhaps the most favored. It's quick to make, cheap, and filling. In a large pot, combine lentils, broth, onion, carrot, garlic, tomato paste, cumin and cayenne and bring to a boil over high heat. Turkish Lentil Soup "Mercimek Corbasi" Easy Turkish Red Lentil soup "Kırmızı Mercimek Çorbası" is one of the best known among the Turkish Soups. It is so easy to make, very healthy and delicious.
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