Mercimek Çorbası (Red Lentil Soup) - Mediterranean Recipe

Mercimek Çorbası (Red Lentil Soup)

🌍 Mediterranean, Turkey Difficulty: ●●●○○

Mercimek çorbası has been eaten across Anatolia for at least 3,000 years — lentils were cultivated in Mesopotamia.

Ingredients

• 300g red lentils
• 1 onion
• 2 carrots
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp paprika
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1.5L vegetable stock
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• juice of 1 lemon
• fresh mint and paprika butter for serving

Method

1. Sautéing — Sauté onion and carrot in oil until soft. Add garlic and spices, cook 1 min.
2. Adding — Add lentils and stock. Simmer 25 min until lentils dissolve.
3. Blending — Blend until smooth. Add lemon juice.
4. Making — Make mint-paprika butter: melt 2 tbsp butter, add dried mint and paprika.
5. Ladling — Ladle soup, swirl butter on top.

Tags: red lentils, onion, carrots, garlic cloves, cumin · Source: Brittani's Almanac