Rustic Red Lentil Soup (Mahluta Corbasi)

Name: Rustic Red Lentil Soup (Mahluta Corbasi)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Istanbul & Anatolian Heart
Ingredients: 1 cup dried red lentils; 1 medium onion; 2 garlic cloves; 3 tbsp butter; 2 cup water; 4 cup chicken broth; 6 tbsp tomato paste; 2 tsp ground cumin; 0.5 tsp crushed red pepper flakes; salt & freshly ground black pepper; 1 tsp dried oregano

Lentils and oregano come together in this Turkish soup, fragrant with cumin and cooked in a pan.

1 hr 25 min · Serves 4 · Medium

Method

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Time: Prep 10 min · Cook 75 min · 85 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
Sauté onion in butter over medium heat for 2 minutes until softened, not browned. Add garlic and sauté an additional minute. Add lentils and 2 cups water; stir. Cover, turn heat down to medium low and cook 30 minutes until lentils are almost tender and water has almost cooked out. Add the chicken broth, tomato paste, cumin, salt and pepper. Cook another 30 minutes.
2
Puree soup with an immersion blender or use a food processor or stand blender. Strain into pot and add crushed red pepper flakes and oregano; cook 10 minutes or longer to desired degree of spiciness and heat. Soup will become more spicy and hotter the longer you cook the red pepper flakes. Add water if soup is too thick.
10 min