Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, turkish lentil soup. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. In this video we are going to show you how to make traditional very delicious turkish lentil soup! It's a very popular soup recipe in Turkey.
Turkish lentil soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Turkish lentil soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook turkish lentil soup using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Turkish lentil soup:
- Prepare 1 cup red lentil
- Prepare 1 big onion chopped
- Get 3-4 tablespoon olive oil
- Get 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- Get 1 medium potato cut in cubes
- Prepare 1 medium carrot cut in cubes
- Prepare 1 medium tomato chopped
- Make ready 2 tablespoon chopped parsley
- Get 2-3 tablespoon tomato paste
- Prepare 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
- Make ready 1 tablespoon paprika
- Make ready 2-3 tablespoon dry mint leaves
- Get 1 tablespoon pepper powder
- Take 2-3 tablespoon butter
- Prepare to taste Salt
Sift through to remove and debris or damaged beans. Lentil soup is a soup based on lentils; it may be vegetarian or include meat, and may use brown, red, yellow or black lentils, with or without the husk. Dehulled yellow and red lentils disintegrate in cooking, making a thick soup. It is a staple food throughout Europe and the Middle East.
Instructions to make Turkish lentil soup:
- Wash red lentil and soak for 15 minutes.
- In a deep bottom vessel add olive oil. Add chopped onion and fry till they are translucent.
- Add chopped garlic and fry for few minutes.
- Add cut potato and carrot. Fry for few minutes.
- Add chopped tomatoes. Add little bit of salt. Cover and cook till the tomatoes are mushy.
- Add soaked lentil, chopped parsley and adequate amount of water. Cover and slow cook till lentil snd veggies are done.
- Blend it into a smooth mixture.
- Mix tomato paste, paprika and chilli flakes.mix it into the soup mixture along with crushed dry mint leaves and pepper powder. Add some butter and adjust the salt. Cook till it get the required consistency.
- Tasty traditional Turkish lentil soup is ready to serve
Children love the Turkish soup and it' s also vegan. Consider it the Turkish version of a Jewish chicken soup! Serve with a tablespoon of thick yoghurt drizzled over the top and some black pepper. Enjoy as a starter or on its own with lots of crusty bread. Turkish red lentil soup is filling, nutritious, packed with fibre, protein and vegetables, with just the right amount of lemon and spice.
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