red lentil soup

red lentil soup
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 57.4
  • Total Fat: 0.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 199.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 10.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.5 g
  • Protein: 3.6 g

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Introduction

This is a Turkish favorite soup This is a Turkish favorite soup
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    1 cup red lentils, washed and cleaned
    4 cups water
    1/2 cup onions, finely chopped
    2 cloves of garlic, minced
    1/2 cup potato, peeled and diced
    2 tsp paprika
    salt (to taste)
    pepper (to taste)

Directions

Place the washed and cleaned lentils into a soup pot together with with the stock, potatoes, onions, garlic and paprika.

Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Loosely place a lid on the pan. Cook for 40-40 minutes until the lentils are tender.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Place all but 1 cup of the soup into a blender or food processor and blend briefly. Return blended soup to the pan with the un-blended soup and briefly heat through again before serving.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SAMYELLI.