Mercimek çorbası
Red lentils cooked with onion, carrot and a little potato, blended smooth, with red pepper butter and a wedge of lemon.
What makes it mercimek çorbası
- Red lentils cooked down to a smooth purée.
- Onion, carrot and often potato for body.
- Lemon squeezed in; red pepper butter or dried mint on top.
Where it comes from
The soup every Turkish home and workers' canteen knows — cheap, quick and eaten at any hour, breakfast included in many places. It's what a lot of families cook for someone who's unwell, and it comes with lemon to squeeze in at the table.
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