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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Turkish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Melt 2 tbsp butter in a pot over medium heat. Add cumin, garlic and onions and cook until onions are soft. Meanwhile, blanch the tomatoes and peel. | 2. Increase heat, and add tomato paste. Cook about 3 minutes until the paste darkens. Meanwhile, finely chop the tomatoes. | 3. Add tomatoes, broth, lentils, bulgur, and 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 45 minutes over low heat. When the lentils are tender, season with salt and pepper to taste. | 4. Meanwhile, melt remaining 3 tbsp butter in saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in mint and paprika. Serve soup in bowls and drizzle with seasoned butter. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	5	tablespoons		427.5	19.6425	13.3575	36.0
cumin seed	3/4	teaspoon		5.9063	0.6968	0.2805	0.3508
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
tomato paste	1	tablespoon		13.12	3.0256	0.6912	0.0752
tomato	3			66.42	14.3541	3.2472	0.738
chicken broth	4	cups		312.48	7.56	44.5536	10.4832
red lentil	1	cup	dried	687.36	121.152	45.9072	4.1664
bulgur	1/3	cup		159.6	35.406	5.7353	0.6207
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
mint	1	tablespoon	dried	-	-	-	-
paprika	1/2	teaspoon		3.2430000000000003	0.6209	0.1626	0.1482

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.