Chrisite Soup frm Auntie Zafa, Instanbul - review

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Christie-

I'm forwarding this message on to Auntie Zafa, her sisters, and

sisters-in-law; all in different parts of the mid-east. I had NO idea

the regionalism of red lentil soup was such a biggie!!! But the

Aunties are all thrilled that " their " version (ie Istanbul) is

the " right " version!!! And people think wars are started over

religion!!!! Its the lentil soup!

Best.

Chupa

>

> 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

> >

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