Lentil Soup ( Mercimek Corbasi)

Ingredients

1 cup lentil

1 carrot

1 potato

1/2 cup rice

1 onion

1tsp dried mint

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp red pepper

1/2 tsp black pepper

2 tbsp oil

4 cups of water

Directions;

1-Diced potato and carrot into small pieces..

2- Mix all ingredients in a pot and cook for 30 minutes on medium heat.

3-After it is cooked, blend the soup using a hand blender. To get the desired texture, you can add more hot water while blending it.

4-You can serve it with lemon juice.

Afiyet Olsun!

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