Green Lentils with Minced Meat

Name: Green Lentils with Minced Meat (Kiymali Mercimek)
Yield: To Serve 2-3
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: 1 tsp salt; 150 g/5 oz green lentils, soaked for 3-4 hours; 75 g/3 oz minced lamb; ¼ tsp ground black pepper; ¼ tsp chilli flakes; 25 g/1 oz cooking fat or butter; 100 g/3½ oz onions, finely chopped; 1 tsp tomato purée

Kiymali Mercimek

Preparation info

To Serve
2-3

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Nevin Halici's Turkish Cookbook

By Nevin Halici

Published 1989

About

Ingredients

150 g/5 oz green lentils, soaked for 3-4 hours
75 g/3

Asia
Turkey
Stew
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Put the lentils in a pan with 1 L/1 ¾ pints fresh water. Boil for 10 minutes, remove from the heat and strain. Put the mince in a pan and dry-fry for 2 minutes, stirring. Add the fat and onions. Fry for 8-