Turkish Lentil Soup

Turkish Lentil Soup

Recipe:

Ingredients:

olive oil, butter

Lentils - Traditionally red lentils are used. Make sure to rinse them well before cooking

onion, carrot - white or yellow onion

flour - you may use gluten-free flour

tomato paste

spices - cumin, ground red pepper or sweet paprika

black pepper - so this soup is a bit spicy. The recipe calls for 1 teaspoon of black pepper but if you're serving it to young children or you don't like it spicy, feel free to reduce the amount of pepper to ¼ or ½ tsp

chives - optional

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Sauté the onion

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and sauté stirring occasionally until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.

2. Add the rest of the ingredients

Add flour and stir for a minute. Add tomato paste and stir for another minute. Add carrot, lentils and water, cover the pot with a lid and simmer on a low heat until lentils are soft, about 15 minutes.

3. Puree and season the soup

Using an immersion blender, puree the soup. Add cumin and season with salt and pepper.

4. Prepare the red pepper sauce

While the soup is cooking, melt butter in a small skillet and over medium heat. Add ground red pepper or paprika, stir for 10 seconds and remove from the heat.

5. Serve

Ladle soup into a bowl, garnish with red pepper sauce and sprinkle on some chives if desired.

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