Turkish red lentil soup

Name: Turkish red lentil soup
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons salted butter; 1 medium yellow onion, 1/2” diced; 1 medium garlic clove, finely grated; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tbsp sweet paprika; 1/2 tsp ground cumin; 1 cup red lentils; 2 tbsp long grain rice; 5 cups water; Kosher salt; 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 2 tsp Aleppo pepper; Chopped fresh mint leaves, to serve; Lemon edges, to serve

4 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:51:33 GMT

Ingredients

4 servings

3 tablespoonssalted butter

1yellow onion

medium, 1/2” diced

1garlic clove

medium, finely grated

1 Tbsptomato paste

1 Tbspsweet paprika

½ tspground cumin

1 cupred lentils

2 Tbsplong grain rice

5 cupswater

kosher salt

3 Tbspextra virgin olive oil

2 tspAleppo pepper

fresh mint leaves

Chopped, to serve

Lemon edges

to serve

Instructions

Step 1

In large saucepan over medium, melt the butter. Once it has stopped roaming, add the onion and sauté until soft and translucent, about 5 min. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add tomato paste, paprika, and cumin, then sauté for 1 min.

Step 2

Add lentils, rice, water, and 2 tsp salted, then bring to boil. Adjust heat to maintain a lively simmer, cover, and cook until the lentils and rice are tender and broken down, about 30 min. Taste and adjust salt.

Step 3

Meanwhile, in a small skilled over medium, heat the olive oil, swirling to coat the pan. Add the Aleppo pepper and cook until a few bubbles appear and the oil is bright red. Remove from heat and set aside.

Step 4

Serve the soup with the Aleppo oil drizzled over each serving. Serve with mint and lemon wedges.