Red Lentil Soup-Turkish Style
photo by Georgiapea
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 3 teaspoons butter
- 1 3⁄4 cups finely chopped onions
- 1 finely chopped carrot
- 1 cup red lentil, washed,picked over and drained
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 2 teaspoons tomato paste
- 6 cups chicken stock or 6 cups vegetable stock
- 1 cup milk (optional) or lemon juice (optional)
- salt
- pepper
- cayenne pepper
- crouton
- 3 teaspoons of fresh mint, snipped
directions
- In a medium saucepan melt butter over medium heat.
- Add onions, lentils and carrots.
- Cook, stirring often for 5 minutes.
- Add paprika and tomato paste and stir well to mix.
- Reduce heat to low and cook for a few minutes.
- Gradually add stock or water, stirring constantly.
- Simmer uncovered until lentils are v-e-r-y soft, around 30 minutes.
- Transfer to a food processor or blender and puree to smooth.
- Return to pan and add milk or lemon juice to taste.
- Taste and add salt, pepper and cayenne.
- Give it 5 minutes and taste again, adjust seasonings.
- Ladle into bowls and offer croutons and mint at the table.
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Reviews
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This was really delicious! I added a good bit of pepper and cayenne to knock it up a bit on the spicy scale. I, like many others, didn't add the milk, but I did serve it with a few healthy spoonfuls of homemade yogurt. It's definitely a good flavorful recipe with enough room for improvisation to satisfy everyone. Thanks DiB's!
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This is great!!!! For the paprika I used 1 tsp regular paprika, and the other tsp Hungarian paprika. Completely forgot about the cayenne... Lol. And I added the juice of three small lemons and used Chopped cilantro instead of mint. Absolutely yummy. Next time I will not be forgetting cayenne and maybe use a mixture of butter/olive oil.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Diana Adcock
Geneseo, Illinois