This is a very typical Turkish soup. Did you know that Turkish people were used to drink soup in breakfast. You need;

• 1 cup red lentil
• 1/2 cup fine bulgur
• 1 middle size onion
• 2 table spoons tomato paste
• 1/2 tea spoon hot pepper sauce or paste
• 2 table spoons olive oil
• 1 tea spoon red pepper flakes
• 1 tea spoon dried peppermint flakes
• 6-7 cups water
• salt to taste

Peel, wash and mince the onion. Then place it in a soup pot. Add olive oil and saute the onion.
Wash red lentil and add it to the pot together with bulgur, tomatoe paste, pepper sauce and salt. Cook them until lentil and bulgur are soft. Let it boil few minutes and then remove pot from the heat.
Pour soup in plates and decorate top with red pepper and peppermint flakes. Serve it hot.
It is for four servings.

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