This Turkish Lentil Soup was the second meal we cooked up in our epic Saturday cook-a-thon. I went to Istanbul years ago and had the best Turkish Lentil Soup ever at a restaurant called Doi Doi. This came a close second.
Here’s the recipe:
1 large onion
6 cloves of garlic
4 cups or Chicken stock
2 cups of lentils
A 24 ounce can of crushed tomatoes (we like the roasted kind)
A tablespoon of paprika
Cumin and cayenne to taste
Lots o’ Black pepper
Salt
Soak the lentils for a bit.
Sauté the onions and garlic for 10, then add the rest. Cook for 30 mins then use an immersion blender to make it smooooooth (but not too smooth)
Ding. It’s that easy.
Delicious.
Bob appetite!