Süleymaniye Soup

Ingredients

• •250 g red lentils
• •125 g spinach
• •125 g margarine
• •1 tbsp flour
• •1/2 carrot
• •1/2 tomato
• •1/2 zucchini
• •1/2 onion
• •1/2 potato
• •2 cloves garlic
• •Enough water
• •1 tsp salt
• •Köfte: 125 g lean mince
• •1 tsp black pepper
• •1 tbsp flour

Preparation

1. 1

   Pick over and wash the lentils, boil and drain.

2. 2

   Separately grate the peeled, washed carrot, potato, zucchini, tomato, onion and garlic.

3. 3

   Wash the spinach well, chop small and sauté everything in the fat.

4. 4

   Add 3 cups water and cook.

5. 5

   For the soup base: in another pot toast the fat and flour, thin with enough water, add the boiled lentils and enough cold water.

6. 6

   Boil a little and add the sautéed vegetables.

7. 7

   While the soup cooks, mix the mince, black pepper and salt and make small meatballs.

8. 8

   Fry these meatballs in oil.

9. 9

   Drop the fried meatballs into the boiling soup and cook about 10 minutes, then take off the heat.

10. 10

    Serve hot.