🇹🇷 Turkey recipe
Mercimek Corbasi (Red Lentil Soup)
Mercimek Corbasi is the quintessential Turkish comfort food, served in virtually every home and restaurant across the country. This velvety, nourishing soup of red lentils, onion, carrot, and potato is seasoned with cumin and paprika, blended until silky smooth, and served with a generous squeeze of lemon and a drizzle of paprika butter.
Prep15 mins
Cook35 mins
Serves6
Difficultyeasy
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups red lentils (kirmizi mercimek), rinsed
- 1 medium onion, roughly chopped
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 medium potato, peeled and cubed
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 6 cups vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Salt to taste
- For the paprika butter topping:
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp Aleppo pepper flakes (pul biber) or paprika
- 1/2 tsp dried mint
- Lemon wedges for serving
- Crusty bread for serving
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 200
- Protein
- 10 g
- Carbs
- 28 g
- Fat
- 6 g
