Green Lentil Soup

Sample Dishes from Turkish Cuisine

Green Lentil Soup (Yeşil Mercimek Çorbası)

Preperation

Wash the lentils. Soak the night before in 1 cup of water. Peel, wash and finely chop the onion. Place in sauce pan with margarine, cover and cook for 2 - 3 minutes until tender, stirring from time to time, add the flour and stir fry until slightly browned. Wash the rice, add to the onion - flour mix together with the lentils and the remaining water, stir until it starts to boil. Cook for 30-40 minutes. Pass trough a sieve or blend, add the salt and replace on heat. In a separate bowl beat the egg with milk, warm it by adding a few spoon full of hot soup. Add the egg - milk mixture to the soup gradually while stirring constantly and turn off the heat when it comes to boil. In the mean time, cut up the bread into 1 cm cubes and put on a tray and bake in the oven. Serve the soup with red pepper and bread croutons.

Servings: 4

Nutritional Value
(in approximately one serving)

Notes

This is a soup made in all regions. At some places it is served without the croutons.