Turkish Lentil Soup (Mercimek Çorbasi)
  1. Sauté the onion, garlic, potatoes and carrots in butter until they begin to brown and soften.

  2. Add the tomato paste if using, cook it for a minute and then add the lentils as well as all the spices and bay leaves and give it another stir.

  3. Add the water and let everything cook together until the potatoes and carrots soften (approx 40 mins).

  4. Then remove the bay leaves and blend the soup with an immersion blender.

  5. If it is too thick, add more water and blend again.

  6. For the topping, cook all ingredients in a pan for 2 minutes until fragrant.

  7. Pour the topping directly into the soup, or garnish each bowl with it.

Tags: app, breakingbreadwithbayan, dinner, lentil, main, mercimekcorbasi, side, soup, turkish, veg, vegetarian

Course🍤Appetizer

DietsPescaterian🥜Nut-free...

Category🍲Soup

Cuisine🇹🇷Turkish

Occasions🍲Comfort Food📆Everyday

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyEasy ⏰ 45m

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