Mercimek Çorbası

Name: Mercimek Çorbası
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 250g red lentils; 1 onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic; 1 carrot, diced; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp paprika; 1L vegetable stock; 3 tbsp butter; 1 tsp dried mint; lemon to serve

Silky Turkish red lentil soup finished with a drizzle of paprika butter — a staple at every Turkish table.

Total time

45 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Turkish

Vegan

Ingredients

250gred lentils

1onion, diced

2 clovesgarlic

1carrot, diced

2 tbsptomato paste

1 tspcumin

1 tsppaprika

1Lvegetable stock

3 tbspbutter

1 tspdried mint

lemonto serve

Instructions

Soften onion, garlic and carrot in oil. Add tomato paste and spices.

Add lentils and stock. Simmer 25 minutes until lentils collapse.

Blend until completely smooth. Adjust consistency with water.

Make paprika butter: melt butter, add paprika and mint, swirl 30 seconds.

Ladle soup into bowls, drizzle paprika butter on top, serve with lemon.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

189

Protein

7.8g

Fat

9.5g

Carbs

20.8g

Fiber

6.5g

Sodium

971mg

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