Mom's Lentil Soup

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Mom's Lentil Soup

This traditional Turkish lentil soup is a winter classic.

  • 6 servings
  • 15 minutes
  • 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup red lentil
  • 1 tablespoon basmati rice
  • 6 cups of water
  • 1 potato
  • 1 onion
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 carrot
  • 50 g butter or 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp ground cummin
  • 1 tbsp crushed red pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon blackpepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

Directions

  1. Chop the vegetables; potato, onion and carrot. For a creamy and even texture, use blender.
  2. Put chopped vegetables, lentils, basmati rice and water in a large pot. Bring to boil and stir occasionaly.
  3. Add oil.
  4. Squeeze the lemon in and add the spices.
  5. Stir and serve!

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