Red Lentil Soup
Try this delicious traditional turkish food recipe Red Lentil Soup
Ingredients
- 1 cup red lentil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 1 potato, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 1/2 tbsp. tomato paste
- 4 cup water (1 liter)
- 1 tsp. black pepper
- 1 tsp. ground red pepper
- 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
- Salt
Butter sauce (optional):
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 1 tsp. ground red pepper
Instructions
- Heat 2 tbsp. butter on your medium pot, add your one chopped onion and saute until tender.
- Add 1/2 tbsp. tomato paste to the onions and saute a little more
- Add 1 cup of red lentil, 1 chopped potato, 1 chopped carrot to your pot. Pour 4 cups of water on, cover a lid on your pot and cook your soup until the vegetables soften 30-40 minutes.
- When the soup is cooked, turn off your heat and stir your soup with your hand blender until it gets very smooth.
- Add your 1 tsp. black pepper, 1 tsp. ground red pepper, 1/2 tsp. ground cumin, salt and stir until combined. At this point you can add some more water (about 1/2 - 1 cup) of water if you want the consistency of your soup thinner.
- Make your butter sauce in another sauce pan and pour onto your red lentil soup.
