Turkish Wedding Soup frm Auntie Zafa, Instanbul - review

[Guest guest]

I made this soup yesterday morning to take to share with my group. I

halved the recipe (we are a very small group, LOL) but I forgot to

halve the tomatoes, which meant that they were rather overpowering.

To combat that I added extra lemon juice. Despite that it was a

lovely soup and was very well received. The combination of spices

really worked well as did the mint and lemon combo. Next time I shall

try to follow the recipe exactly and I also plan to try out the other

versions too. Thanks Chupa.

Christie

 

, " chupababi " <alcovi

wrote:

>

> OK, got an answer from one of the Aunties. She swears that the

> Istanbul version is the real version and this is it! At least this

> one doesn't have a veal knuckle in it (which the Kushadasi version

> did!!!).

> Best to all.

> Chupa

>

> @@@@@

> EZO GELIN - TURKISH WEDDING SOUP

> 1 lb red lentils

> 8 Cups water

> 6 Tbs. butter

> 2 large onions, chopped

> 6-8 cloves garlic, crushed

> 1/2 tsp. cayenne

> 1 tsp. paprika

> 1 tsp. ground coriander

> salt to taste

> 2 Cups fresh tomatoes, peeled & chopped or you may use canned

tomatoes

> 2 Tbs. tomato paste

> 1 Tbs. lemon juice

> 1 Tbs. chopped fesh mint

>