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Ingredients
for
4
Turkish Style Red Lentil Soup with Chiles
20 min., ready in 55 min.
Time:
298
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
100 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 350 grams Red Lentils
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 shallots
- 1 big red chili pepper
- 2 Tbsps olive oil
- 900 milliliters Vegetable broth
- salt
- freshly ground peppers
- 1 tsp ground Cumin
- ½ lemon (juice)
Preparation
1.
Rinse lentils in a sieve under running water. Peel and finely chop garlic and shallot. Rinse and halve chile lengthwise, remove seeds and ribs, and cut into thin strips.
2.
In a saucepan, sauté shallots, garlic and chile in 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add lentils and broth. Bring to a boil and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the lentils are cooked but not broken down, 25-30 minutes.
3.
Season with salt, pepper, cumin and lemon juice. Ladle soup into bowls, garnish with chervil and serve with Turkish flatbread, if desired.
Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 298 cal. | (14 %) | ||
| Protein | 21 g | (21 %) | ||
| Fat | 7 g | (6 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 37 g | (25 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 15.2 g | (51 %) |