A specific recipe for Turkish soup, as well as in Ukrainian borscht, no. Each hostess prepares it in its own way, making changes. The use of different seasonings also affects the taste of soup. The basis of this first dish is lentils. This bean culture is very common in Turkey, Asia Minor and is the main food.
Ingredients:
0.5 Art. wheat cereals;
1 tbsp. lentils;
1 big bulb;
1 carrot;
1 tbsp. tomato paste;
beef with bones;
1 tbsp. butter;
spices: acute peppers, mint, thyme;
salt.
1
Cook broth from beef. This is done in the usual way. In boiling water, put bones, bring to a boil and remove the foam. Cook 1.5-2 hours without adding spices and salt.
2
Lentil and wheat barbell rinse several times with cold water. While the broth is preparing, soak cereals for several hours.
3
In a saucepan, where our Turkish soup will prepare, melt the butter and fry the fine onions in it. Turks advised to take a sweet onion - purple. To Luka we throw carrots straw and also fry.
4
Tomato paste is divorced in a glass of broth and pour roasting. Boiling 4 minutes, salt to taste.
5
Craces after soaking once again we rinse, drain the water and add to the pan. We pour all the remaining broth and boil 10 minutes. During cooking, it is necessary to constantly mix the cereals so that they do not stick and stick to the bottom of the dishes.
6
Seasoned mint, thyme. Cook soup until readiness, this will be about 35 minutes. But this is not fundamentally, the main thing is that the cereals are fully welded.
7
Turn off the soup and give to stand 10 minutes. When filing, sprinkled with sharp chili pepper.
In some recipes, it is recommended to grind a blender soup, add other spices to use chicken instead of beef. This recipe is the base, you can make changes at your discretion.