Turkish Red Lentil Soup | Mercimek Corbasi

Special thanks to our wonderful Turkish cooking teachers for sharing their traditional and family recipes for our cooking classes at the Raindrop House in San Antonio.

Mercimek Corbasi
(Lentil Soup)

1 cup of lentils
1 onion
1 carrot
1 potato
1 tablespoon of butter
1 teaspoon tomato paste
1 teaspoon paprika paste
1 teaspoon dried mint
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups water
Olive oil

Cook for 30 minutes until lentils are soft then purée. Serve with mint and fresh lemon.