Photograph of the finished Mercimek corbasi

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Mercimek corbasi

45 min Hands-on time
EasyDifficulty
5 stepsSteps
Serves 4 Amounts follow along 4

What to get ready

  • Photograph of Red lentils Red lentils 360 g
  • Photograph of Potato Potato 320 g
  • Photograph of Carrot Carrot 2
  • Photograph of Onion Onion 1.6
  • Photograph of Unsalted butter Unsalted butter 100 g
  • Photograph of Espelette chilli powder Espelette chilli powder 12 g
  • Photograph of Mint leaves Mint leaves 16 g
  • Photograph of Lime Lime 2
  • Photograph of Cumin seeds Cumin seeds 8 g
  • Photograph of Flour Flour 40 g

Method

  1. 1 Sauté the onions, carrots, and potatoes with butter for 8 minutes, then sprinkle with flour and stir for 1 minute.
  2. 2 Add the red lentils and 800 ml of water, and cook for 25 minutes until the lentils are completely dissolved.
  3. 3 Grind it into a fine paste and then strain it through a sieve — the Turkish version should be smooth like cream, unlike the Arabic version which leaves the grains whole.
  4. 4 Melt the butter with the peppers (Espeletch) and dried mint for 40 seconds to make red chili butter.
  5. 5 Drizzle chili butter over the soup and squeeze lemon juice over it before serving; sprinkle with crushed roasted cumin at the end.

With an appliance

  • Pressure cooker 35 min

    Replace step 2: cook red lentils with 800 ml of water under high pressure for 7 minutes, then quickly release the pressure; keep step 3 as is, blend and strain the soup before drizzling with chili butter.

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