Description
'Bride Ezo's soup', made with red lentils, bulgur, and rice, finished spicier with tomato paste, dried mint, and chili.
Restaurants serving Ezogelin Çorbası
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Red lentils
- Bulgur
- Rice
- Tomato paste
- Mint
- Chili flakes
Instructions
- Heat oil and butter in a pot, sauté chopped onions and garlic. Add tomato and paprika pastes, cooking until fragrant, then stir in washed red lentils, fine bulgur, and raw rice. Pour in hot water (or broth), add salt, pepper, pul biber (chili flakes), and plenty of dried mint. Cover and simmer on low for 30-
- minutes until lentils break down and the grains are tender. Unlike Mercimek soup, this is not blended, retaining a grainy texture.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Dried mint and Pul biber
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Couscous, Japanese white rice
Pairing
Freshly Baked Bread
Trivia
[Trend] An emotional anecdote says the legendary beautiful bride Ezo made this from available ingredients while enduring her mother-in-law's bullying. Spicy and warms you to the core.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Squeeze a little lemon and eat while biting into bread soaked in the spicy soup!
Allergen
Wheat, Dairy