Cream of Lentil Soup

Name: Cream of Lentil Soup (Shourbet Addas)
Yield: Serves 2–4 people.
Cuisine: Lebanon
Ingredients: 2 cups green lentils; handful of rice (approx. ¼ cup); 2 tablespoons flour (optional if using butter); 3 Spanish onions, halved and sliced thinly; knob of butter (optional); salt and pepper to taste

Shourbet Addas

Preparation info

Serves
2–4
people.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Amoul

By Amoul Oakes

Published 2008

About

This soup is best served with a squeeze of lemon and toasted Lebanese bread on top. My husband Leslie loves it with home-made croutons, which I make for him with bread cut into squares then fried in a little oil. This soup is great with both. I love to eat it with radishes and green olives.

Ingredients

2 cups green lentils
handful of rice (approx. ¼ cup)
3 Spanish onions, halved an

Asia
Lebanon
Soup
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Rinse the lentils well, put in a pot and cover with water. Bring to the boil.

Cook for 20 minutes, until the lentils are thoroughly cooked, under medium heat.

Transfer the lentils to a food processor and process until creamed.

Return lentils to the pot. Add two cups of water, ri