Yellow Lentil Soup (Sari Mercimek Corbasi)

1 cup yellow lentils, washed and drained

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves of garlic, minced

3 Tbsp butter or canola oil

1 Tbsp flour

2 cups chicken broth

2-3 cups hot water

½ lemon juice

½ tsp cumin (optional)

1 tsp salt to taste

For top:

2 Tbsp butter

1 Tbsp paprika

Saute the chopped onions in butter/canola oil for 3 minutes or so over medium heat. Then, stir in the garlic and flour. Saute until the flour starts giving a pleasant smell (about 2-3 minutes). Add the washed and drained yellow lentils and continue sautéing for about 3-4 minutes. Finally, stir in the chicken broth and make sure the flour dissolves in the liquid well. Then, add the hot water and salt to taste.

Cook over low heat until the yellow lentils are cooked, for about 20-30 minutes. Then, preferably with an immersion blender, blend the soup until it gets smooth. Adjust the thickness with additional hot water. Stir in the lemon juice and cumin (optional). Cook for another 5 minutes.

If desired, prepare the garnish by heating up the butter and paprika until it gets bubbly. Pour the sizzling butter-paprika garnish over the soup before serving.

Serve the yellow lentil soup hot with lemon wedges and bread.

ENJOY

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TURKCE

1 su bardagi sari mercimek, yikanmis ve suzulmus

1 sogan, dogranmis

2 dis sarimsak, dogranmis

3 yemek kasigi tereyagi ya da kanola yagi

1 yemek kasigi un

2 su bardagi tavuk suyu

2-3 su bardagi sicak su

½ limon suyu

1 tatli kasigi tuz

½ tatli kasigi kimyon (istege bagli)

Uzeri icin:

2 yemek kasigi tereyagi

1 yemek kasigi kirmizi toz biber

Soganlari tereyagi/kanola yagi ile genis bir tencereye alin ve orta ateste 3 dakika kadar sote edin. Sarimsak ve unu ilave edip, unun kavrulma kokusu cikana dek yaklasik 2-3 dakika daha sote edin. Sonra, yikanmis ve suzulmus sari mercimegi ilave edin. Yaklasik 3-4 dakika sote edin ve tavuk suyunu ilave edin. Icinde unun dagilmasi icin guzelce karistirin ve sicak su ve tuzu ilave edin.

Sari mercimekler pisene dek, yaklasik 20-30 dakika kadar dusuk ateste pisirin. Blendir yardimi ile pure haline getirin. Corbanin koyulugunu sicak su ilave ederek arzu ettiginiz gibi ayarlayin. Limon suyu ve kimyonu (istege bagli) ilave edin ve 5 dakika kadar daha pisirin.

Istege bagli olarak uzerine tereyaginda yakilmis kirmizi toz biber ile servis yapabilirsiniz.

Sari mercimek corbasini yaninda limon ve ekmek ile sicak servis edebilirsiniz.

AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don