Name: Shorbat adas (Traditional Red Lentil Soup)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Syrian
Ingredients: 1.75 litres (7 cups) of chicken or vegetable stock; 4 onions (chopped); Juice of 1 organic lemon; 1 tablespoon of sumac; Salt and pepper; 450 g (2 heaped cups) of red lentils (rinsed); ½ teaspoon of ground turmeric; 1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper; 4 tablespoons of olive oil; ½ teaspoon of ground cumin; 1 handful of flat-leaf parsley (coarsely chopped); 1 tablespoon of nigella seeds; 1 organic lemon (cut into wedges)

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sumac

By Anas Atassi

Published 2021

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Ingredients

4 tablespoons of olive oil
4 onions (chopped)
½ teaspoon of

Method

Heat the oil in a pan with deep sides on medium heat. Fry the onion for about 5 minutes until soft and light golden brown. Push the onion to the side of the pan and add the turmeric, cumin and cayenne pepper. Fry the spices for 1 minute. The frying releases the aromas of the spices and imparts an extra dimension to the flavour of this dish.

Add the lentils to the fried onions and spices