Egyptian Red Lentil Soup
Shorbet ads. Lentils cooked down with carrot and onion until they melt, finished with lemon and cumin. What every Cairo winter tastes like.
- Serves
- 6
- Total time
- 45 min
- Cost per serving (United States)
- $4.54
Ingredients
- 2 cup brown/green lentils
- 1 yellow onions
- 0.5 lb carrots
- 1/2 lb russet potatoes
- 2 clove garlic
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 lemon
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 4 cup chicken broth
Method
Chop the onion, carrots and potato roughly. They are going to be blended, so neatness is wasted here.
Soften the onion in the oil for 5 minutes, then add the garlic and cumin and cook one minute more.
Add the lentils, carrots, potato and broth, plus water to cover by two inches.
Simmer 30 minutes until everything falls apart when pressed against the side of the pot.
Blend until smooth. Loosen with hot water if it is thicker than heavy cream.
Squeeze in the juice of one lemon and taste. Add more until it tastes bright rather than flat.
Serve with the second lemon cut into wedges.
What this costs, country by country
Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.
| Country | Whole recipe | Per serving | Priced from |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | £20.06 | £3.34 | 9 of 9 ingredients |
| Australia | $46.17 | $7.70 | 9 of 9 ingredients |
| Greece | 28,17 € | 4,70 € | 9 of 9 ingredients |
| Canada | $91.68 | $15.28 | 9 of 9 ingredients |
| Spain | 13,11 € | 2,19 € | 9 of 9 ingredients |
| New Zealand | $66.35 | $11.06 | 8 of 9 ingredients |
| Germany | 21,48 € | 3,58 € | 8 of 9 ingredients |
| United States | $27.23 | $4.54 | 7 of 9 ingredients |
| Egypt | ٥٨٨٫٠٦ ج.م. | ٩٨٫٠١ ج.م. | 7 of 9 ingredients |
| Mexico | $757.50 | $126.25 | 7 of 9 ingredients |
| Austria | € 28,86 | € 4,81 | 7 of 9 ingredients |
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