Egyptian red lentil soup

Name: Egyptian red lentil soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Lentil soup recipes
Ingredients: Potatoes; Onions; Lemon; Red lentil; Garlic; Water; Vegetable oil; Ground cumin; Ground allspice; Turmeric; Cilantro; Salt

Recipe from Topfood

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Cooking time: 1 hour

Servings 6

A very delicious vegetable soup. The dish is perfect for vegetarians and people who are on a diet. No need to soak the lentils, just rinse and cook it.

Potatoes

6 pcs.
Onions

2 pcs.
Lemon

2 pcs.
Red lentil

2 cups
Garlic

12 cloves
Water

9 cups
Vegetable oil

4,5 tsp.
Ground cumin

4,5 tsp.
Ground allspice

to taste
Turmeric

to taste
Cilantro

to taste
Salt

to taste

Calories

353 kcal
Protein

16 g
Fat

8 g
Carbohydrates

54 g

Peel onions, rinse and finely cut.
Peel potatoes, rinse and cut into cubes.
Rinse red lentils for a few times. Then fill a pot with water and add the following ingredients: lentils, onion, peeled garlic, potatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce to low and cook for about 20 minutes until all ingredients are done.
Heat the frying pan, pour in vegetable oil. Add all spices, stir well for a minute. Then add this mixture to the pot.
Rinse lemon, squeeze it.
Rinse cilantro leaves, finely cut. Pour the lemon juice to the soup. Let it stand about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with herbs, serve.

How to get lemon juice? Take out the lemon from the fridge, leave it heat up for a few minutes. Then roll the fruit on your cooking board with your hands. This action helps to get more juice. Then slice the lemon crosswise using a sharp knife. Squeeze the lemon with the cutting side up, so the seeds don’t fall into the bowl.