Of all legumes, lentils are a leader in taste, nutrition and useful properties. In total, 200 g of this product contains the daily norm of folic acid and iron. Like other beans, lentils are rich in vegetable protein, which is easily absorbed by the body. Doctors recommend using lentils for diabetes, ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, colitis, with metabolic disorders. In addition, lentils help to strengthen the overall immunity and normal functioning of the digestive system. From lentils prepare salads, mashed potatoes, it is stewed and boiled, used as a side dish for meat dishes. And we'll tell you now how to cook soup with lentils.
Lentil purée soup - recipe
Ingredients:
- red lentils - 200 g;
- potatoes - 2 pieces;
- onion - 1 piece;
- carrots - 1 piece;
- broth - 1,5 liters;
- milk - 1 glass;
- raw yolks - 2 pieces;
- flour - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- vegetable oil - 30 g.
Preparation
First, finely chop the onion and lightly fry it, add flour to it, add a little water and mix it. Then rinse the lentils, pour it into the broth, add the sliced potatoes and grated carrots. Cook for about half an hour on low heat until the lentils are ready. After 20 minutes after the beginning of cooking, add onions and stirring constantly, bring everything to readiness. Then beat the yolks with milk and add the mixture to the soup, boil for about 5 minutes. Salt and spices are added to taste. In order to get a puree consistency, the prepared soup is wiped through a sieve or whisked with a blender. In each plate add greens and croutons from white bread.
Turkish mashed potatoes soup
In Turkey, such a soup is called "Merjimek Chorbasy" and it can be prepared by every Turkish woman. And we will teach you.
Ingredients:
- lentil red - 1 glass;
- bulb - 1 piece;
- carrots (large) - 1 piece;
- Bulgarian pepper (large) - 1 piece;
- tomato (large) - 1 piece;
- broth - 1,5 l;
- olive oil - 30 g;
- smoked products;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- parsley and cilantro.
Preparation
Vegetables washing, onions and carrots clean and all cut into slices. In the frying pan, we warm up the olive oil and roast the vegetables, then add the lentils to them, pour in a little broth and cook, stirring, until the lentils begin to separate.
Then we put everything in a saucepan, add broth, bring it to a boil and cook for about 15 minutes. We put salt and pepper to taste, and then we rub everything with a blender until it is pure. Before serving, put in each plate a little smoked meat, fried on a dry grill, and greens. From smoked foods you can take any that you like: sausage, smoked bacon and so on. Turkish cream soup of red lentils is served with a slice of lemon.
Green Lentil soup puree
Ingredients:
- chicken for broth;
- lentils - 200 g;
- tomato - 1 pc. or tomato paste - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- onions (medium) - 2 pcs .;
- carrots - 1 piece;
- Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc .;
- cream - to taste;
- salt, greens, spices - to taste;
- crackers from white bread.
Preparation
You can cook this soup on any broth. In this case, we use chicken broth. To do this, we dip the chicken into the water, add the whole bulb, spices and cook until the meat is ready. Ready broth filter, it will be the basis for our soup. Lentils are washed, carrots are cleaned and cut into large blocks, we send them to broth and cook for about half an hour until the softness of the legumes. Chop onion. Tomato and pepper are peeled off, pouring them with boiling water, and cut into cubes. Add the vegetables to the soup and cook for another 10 minutes. If you take a tomato paste instead of a tomato, then stir it in 100 g of water, and then add it to the soup. Then add salt, spices and herbs to taste. Grind the finished soup blender. In each plate add a little cream and croutons from white bread.