Yesil Mercimek Corbasi

Since I seem to be on a put up recipes from Europe instead of the country where I live run on this blog. I shall add to it by posting this recipe that I got from a Turkish friend of mine. Yesil Mercimek Corbasi is green lentil soup if you don't know any Turkish. It's cold and people tend to like warm soups during winter, so here you go.

Ingredients

• 2/3 of a cup of green lentils
• 1 cup of milk
• 6 cups of water
• 4 tablespoons of butter
• 2 tablespoons of flour
• 1/4 of a tea cup of rice
• 1 egg

Directions

• Wash lentils and let them set overnight in 1 cup of water
• Place lentils in a sauce pan with butter
• Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally
• Add flour and stir fry until slightly browned
• Mix rice together with lentils and the remaining water in a soup pot
• Bring to a boil and cook for 30-40 minutes
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg with milk
• Warm it by adding a few spoons of hot soup.
• Add mixture to the soup and bring to a boil
• Turn off heat when it comes to a boil