LENTIL AND PASTA
SOUP
Today is a very dark and windy day in Istanbul. Winter is at our door. I live in one of Istanbul suburbs. I feel myself lucky to live here because it has gardens, trees and lot of greens. Everywhere is cover with yellow to red leaves. I love spring and fall.
I guess everybody enjoys eating a delicious bowl of good soup on a day like this.
I learned this recipe is my fathers mother's. She was from middle of Turkey , Burdur. This region is a wheat barn for Turkey. There are many recipes with fresh home made pasta. This recipe is so good with home made pasta if you can't find any you can use pasta.... Another ingredient is yogurt. We use yogurt for cooking lot. If you don't like yogurt you can use lemon juice instead of it.
The name of soup is LENTILS AND PASTA SOUP
INGREDİENTS Serves 6-8
1 cup green lentils
4 cups (1 Lt) water and a can of chicken broth (10 1/2 OZ-300g9)I prefer low salt
OR 5 cups water and 1 chichen broth cube
1 can tomatoes puree (250g)
1/2 cup fresh home made pasta or ricori-rice shaped pasta or any short pasta
1 cup yogurt(150g)
2 table spoon flour
1 garlic clove crashed (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 table spoon butter
1 teaspoon dry mint
1/2 teaspoon paprika or chili powder
Put the green lentil in a saucepan, cover with hot water and boil 5 minutes. Drain well. Place it in a saucepan add 4cups water and chicken broth and tomato puree and salt. Let it boil and cook 15 minutes until lentil is tender.
Add pasta, cook 10 minutes more or until pasta is cooked. Meanwhile mix well yogurt, flour and garlic in a bowl. Add some hot soup in to it to lukewarm the yogurt. Otherwise yogurt gets set. Pour it very slowly in to the soup. Continue to stirring until it boils.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan add dry mint and paprika. Just before serving pour over the soup.
Other option... if you don't want to use yogurt, Mix 2 table spoon lemon juice, flour , and garlic in a bowl . Add this in to the soup.
As you see this soup has very low fat (just melted butter as a sauce on it) and lot of protein because of lentils and yogurt.
AFIYET OLSUN.....(Bone appetite in Turkish)
I guess everybody enjoys eating a delicious bowl of good soup on a day like this.
I learned this recipe is my fathers mother's. She was from middle of Turkey , Burdur. This region is a wheat barn for Turkey. There are many recipes with fresh home made pasta. This recipe is so good with home made pasta if you can't find any you can use pasta.... Another ingredient is yogurt. We use yogurt for cooking lot. If you don't like yogurt you can use lemon juice instead of it.
The name of soup is LENTILS AND PASTA SOUP
INGREDİENTS Serves 6-8
1 cup green lentils
4 cups (1 Lt) water and a can of chicken broth (10 1/2 OZ-300g9)I prefer low salt
OR 5 cups water and 1 chichen broth cube
1 can tomatoes puree (250g)
1/2 cup fresh home made pasta or ricori-rice shaped pasta or any short pasta
1 cup yogurt(150g)
2 table spoon flour
1 garlic clove crashed (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 table spoon butter
1 teaspoon dry mint
1/2 teaspoon paprika or chili powder
Put the green lentil in a saucepan, cover with hot water and boil 5 minutes. Drain well. Place it in a saucepan add 4cups water and chicken broth and tomato puree and salt. Let it boil and cook 15 minutes until lentil is tender.
Add pasta, cook 10 minutes more or until pasta is cooked. Meanwhile mix well yogurt, flour and garlic in a bowl. Add some hot soup in to it to lukewarm the yogurt. Otherwise yogurt gets set. Pour it very slowly in to the soup. Continue to stirring until it boils.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan add dry mint and paprika. Just before serving pour over the soup.
Other option... if you don't want to use yogurt, Mix 2 table spoon lemon juice, flour , and garlic in a bowl . Add this in to the soup.
As you see this soup has very low fat (just melted butter as a sauce on it) and lot of protein because of lentils and yogurt.
AFIYET OLSUN.....(Bone appetite in Turkish)
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