Khaleeji
Shorbat Adas (Spiced Lentil Soup)
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Shorbat Adas (Spiced Lentil Soup) is Khaleeji home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the soup and the condiment. 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 oil in a pot and cook the chopped onion until soft, about 5 minutes, then stir in the garlic, cumin and turmeric and cook 1 minute.
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Add the rinsed red lentils and water, bring to a boil, skimming any foam, then cover and simmer 25 minutes until the lentils fall apart.
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Blend the soup smooth with an immersion blender, or leave it rustic if you prefer, then season with salt.
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Ladle into bowls, finish each with a squeeze of lemon and a scatter of cilantro, and serve hot, the simple soup that opens a Gulf family's table before the rice comes out.
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Serve it with
A Khaleeji dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Shorbat Adas (Spiced Lentil Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Shorbat Adas (Spiced 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
- 220 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 32 g
- Fat
- 5 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 390 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Shorbat Adas (Spiced 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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