Spicy Red Lentil Soup
Popular especially during autumn and winter, this Turkish red lentil soup recipe is healthy and nutritious.
Servings: 4
Calories: 172kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup red lentils (approx 150g)
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1 large potato, scrubbed and rougly chopped
- 1 large tomato, roughly chopped (or 1 400g tin)
- 1 dessert spoonful chilli flakes
- pinch of cumin
- salt to season
- pepper to season
For The Garnish
- 1 lemon wedge
- ½ tsp chilli flakes
- ½ tsp dried mint
Instructions
- Heat a large pan, and add a few drops of olive oil.
- Over low to medium heat, add the onion and potato stir for a few minutes.
- Then add to them the red lentils and mix them together.
- Use a cutting board to chop the chilli, cumin and tomato. Add them to the pan and stir well.
- Now add salt and pepper, two cups of hot water and stir everything together.
- After it starts boiling, cover the pan and simmer for around 20 minutes, then stir the red lentil soup.
- If necessary, add more stock or water.
- For about 15-20 minutes you need to simmer.
- When it is ready you can remove your red lentil soup from the heat and blend or mash.
- Before serving the bowls to the dinner table you can sprinkle over the top chilli flakes and dried mint.
- Use one lemon to squeeze the juice into your soup.
- Enjoy the soup.
Notes
It is very common in Turkey to add lemon, mint and chillies to garnish the soup but this is optional.