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A quick and easy Turkish lentil soup, with fresh lemon juice to brighten the dish and a drizzle of paprika-infused oil to serve. A nourishing mid-winter meal, ready in 35 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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🇹🇷 Traditional Turkish lentil soup<\/strong>, known as mercimek çorbasi<\/strong>, features red lentils, carrot, tomato and potato cooked in vegetable broth, seasoned with cumin and dried mint. It’s easily the most popular soup in Turkish cuisine! Don’t let the basic ingredients fool you, this is seriously flavour-packed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I adore this recipe, as I can’t help but reminisce on my days working at a Turkish restaurant when I make it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The food was epic - sweet Turkish apple tea, real Turkish delight, Lamacun (pizza – long and thin with the sides folded over the filling) and my fave – the Turkish red lentil soup - which was always intensely lemony and served with freshly toasted pide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We used to have the Buddha Bar albums playing on repeat, and smoke cigarettes on crates out the back whilst sipping sangria at the end of shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, here I present my own recipe for Turkish lentil soup - which is possibly one of my most<\/em> favourite soups ever (jostling for #1 alongside this Vegetable Lentil Soup<\/a> and this Thai Pumpkin Soup<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always delicious, quick to make, and brimming with nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n[feast_advanced_jump_to]\n\n\n

🥕<\/strong>Ingredient notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally, Turkish red lentil soup is a simple dish made from basic ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red lentils, onion<\/strong> and garlic, carrots, potato, tomato paste, vegetable stock,<\/strong> a trio of spices: cumin, dried mint, black pepper,<\/strong> and always with lemon wedges!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red lentils are the preferred choice, as unlike green or brown lentils, they will give a smooth and creamy texture once blended. They’re also super quick to cook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chose to add a few extra spices to the mix – paprika, turmeric and red pepper flakes. Though honestly, the cumin, mint and pepper combo are all you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This robust Turkish soup is topped with a drizzle of paprika oil, made by heating olive oil in a pan with paprika powder and red pepper flakes to provide colour and heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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🌟Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here’s why this hearty soup is a wonderful addition to your weekly menu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n