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Mercimek Linsensuppe (Turkish-German Red Lentil Soup)
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Mercimek Linsensuppe (Turkish-German Red Lentil Soup) is German home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat and cook the onion and carrot until softened, about 6 minutes.
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Add the garlic, cumin, and paprika and cook for 1 minute, until fragrant.
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Stir in the tomato paste, red lentils, and vegetable broth, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, until the lentils are completely soft.
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Puree the soup with an immersion blender, or in batches in a stand blender, until smooth, then season with the salt and pepper.
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Ladle into bowls and serve hot with lemon wedges on the side for squeezing over the top and a scatter of mint or parsley, the everyday version served in Turkish-German homes, brighter and more cumin-forward than the vinegar-based German Linsensuppe.
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Serve it with
A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Mercimek Linsensuppe (Turkish-German Red Lentil Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Mercimek Linsensuppe (Turkish-German Red Lentil Soup) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbs
- 49 g
- Fat
- 7 g
- Fiber
- 8 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 1220 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Mercimek Linsensuppe (Turkish-German Red Lentil Soup) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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