Turkish Red Lentil Soup - Bride's Soup

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I think what you want is Bride's Soup. There are as many recipes for

Turkish red lentil soup as there are regions in Turkey!!!

 

Try this one, its pretty close to what I think you want. Good Luck>

Chupa

 

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Monday, October 16, 2006

Turkish Red Lentil Soup (Kýrmýzý Mercimek Çorbasý)

for the soup:

1 cup red lentils

1 medium size onion

1 carrot

1 tbsp tomato or pepper paste (or you can do half & half)

1 tsp salt

1 tsp crushed pepper or red peppercorns

6 cups of water

for the sauce:

2 tbsp olive oil or butter

1 tbsp sweet or spicy paprika

 

 

 

 

 

-With a pressure cooker: Put everything (onion and carrot coarsley

chopped) for the soup in the pressure cooker and cook on medium for

15 minutes and then smoothen the soup with a blender

 

-With a regular pot: Put everything for the soup in a big pot and

cook on medium heat until the lentils are soft and mushy, for about

20-25 minutes. Smoothen it with a blender.

 

-If you don't have a hand blender or if you want to have a chunky

soup, chop the onion finely and grate the carrot before you cook them.

-Previous two are, in a way, healthier ways of making this soup. If

you want to try the tastier way, sautee the onion with 1 tbsp oil for

3-4 minutes. Add the paste and cook for a couple of minutes, and add

the rest of the soup ingredients. From this point on, everything will

be the same. Sauteed onion and paste will make quite a difference,

though.

 

-Before serving the soup, heat the oil in a skillet and when it's hot

add the paprika. Stir for 5-10 seconds. Pour a couple of scoops of

the oil+paprika sauce on the soup bowl.

 

-Squeeze a little bit of lemon juice on top.

 

Optional: sprinkle mint on top, serve with lemon slices

 

Source: Burcu

Formatted by Chupa Babi in MC: 12.15.06

 

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