Mercimek Corasi

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• some oil (sunflower oil)
• 2 small onions
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 small potatoes
• 2 glasses of Lentils, red (Kimizi Mercimek)
• 4 glasses of water
• salt and pepper
• Paprika powder
• Chili flakes (Pul Biber)
• some parsley

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

original Turkish lentil soup

First, add a little oil to a sufficiently large pot and sauté the finely diced onions and garlic. Then add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste to the pot and sauté. Peel the potatoes and cut them into small pieces. Add the potato pieces to the onion, garlic, and tomato mixture. Once the potatoes are in the pot, they may stick to the pot due to the potato starch. Then simply add a little more oil (not so much that they float, of course). Now lightly roast the 2 jars of red lentils, which you can buy in a Turkish shop, and fill them with about 4 glasses of water. Cover and simmer the soup for about 20-30 minutes, then puree it with an immersion blender or a blender. Season to taste with salt, pepper, paprika, and finely chopped parsley. If you want it a bit spicier, you can spice up the Mercimek Corbasi with a little Pul Biber.