Table for TwoMercimek Çorbası
Silky red lentil soup, finished with paprika butter and a squeeze of lemon.
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⏱ 35 min📶 Easy👫 Serves 2🥬 Vegetarian☪ Muslim-friendly
Ingredients (for 2)
- Red lentils, 1 cup
- Onion, 1
- Carrot, 1
- Tomato paste, 1 tbsp
- Vegetable stock, 1 L
- Cumin, 1 tsp
- Butter & paprika, to finish
- Lemon wedges, to serve
Steps
- Sauté chopped onion and carrot until soft, then stir in tomato paste and cumin.
- Add rinsed lentils and stock; simmer 20 minutes until the lentils collapse.
- Blend until smooth and season with salt.
- Melt butter with paprika, drizzle over each bowl and serve with lemon.
Cook it together: One of you chops and stirs, the other blends and makes the paprika butter to drizzle on top.
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