Today we are going to prepare a healthy and very simple recipe: a red lentil soup, a very typical Turkish dish with a different taste.
Ingredients for 6 people
- 200 g red lentils
- 4 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 1 onion
- 1.5 l water
- 1 carrot
- 1 lemon juice
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon hot paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried mint
- Salt
Preparation
Put the onion and carrot in a pot with olive oil and fry for 5 minutes.
When the onion becomes transparent, add the tomato sauce and fry for a further 2 minutes.
Then add the water and the lentils, previously washed.
Stir and simmer for 30 minutes, and at the end add the lemon juice , pepper, hot paprika, cumin and salt.
Leave it on the heat for five more minutes, and then turn off the heat.
Serve in a deep dish and sprinkle with hot paprika and dried mint.
I hope you like it, enjoy!
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