Turkish Red Lentil soup

Had this 2 years ago on a Yoga retreat holiday(Hazur Vadisi )in the hills at the back of Gokek ,Turkey.Took home their recipe. Got some of these yummy Turkish Lentils in a spice shop in Southsea yesterday. They are plumper and more deeply coloured and so full of flavour. I shall add a level teaspoonful of that Paprika pepper in with the spices:

 

Thanks Jenny, I know what I'm doing this weekend - 'making soup' sounds great.

 

I love lentil soup and this one sounds particularly good. Economical as well.

For fans of Turkish food (and what sane person isn't?) it's good to note the proliferation of Turkish supermarkets selling a huge range of good stuff.

How was the yoga retreat, Jenny? I really fancy going to India to do a yoga retreat.

 

Thanks Jenny, sounds really good, and nothing like soup for my Canadian winters!!

 

Made the soup this afternoon (twice). My daughter came round (she's vegetarian) just after I had finished - tasted it and said 'Mum that's great please can I have it for tonight'. She's having an open evening for the neighbours and said it would compliment the other food she had prepared. I had doubled the quantity as I was making it for freezing. After she had gone I had to make another batch.
So thanks for the recipe Jenny it was a great success.

 

i'm looking forward to trying this next week....

(... got a pot of ham and lentil soup on the go at the mo, so need to wait to finish that first!)

:-)