Comments on: Turkish Red Lentil Soup

By: FERIDE

FERIDE — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:47:57 +0000

Thank you, friends!

By: rachel

rachel — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:25:37 +0000

i never leave comments but this was fantastic!

i added a little sumac and minced parsley and it was divine. thank you!

By: Mara

Mara — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:58:18 +0000

Yes it was Russian so just in case I translated the line into English.
I am from Baku, been living in US for over 4 years now and never cooked a whole lot of Azerbaijani dishes except couple of them, until I came across your website! Your explanations of our dishes as well as of other cultures’ are so simple and so straightforward! I absolutely love your website! Thank you for all the hard work you do translating and adapting the recipes! Everything I tried to cook so far came out superb! To me it was a blessing as I really wanted to introduce my American family to the cuisines of our region! Thank you! You’re the best!

By: Mara

Mara — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:19:36 +0000

It looks like it’s not taking Russian

By: Mara

Mara — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:19:11 +0000

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Farida, thank you so much for all these recipes! Very delicious!!!

By: FARIDA

FARIDA — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:55:36 +0000

DONNA: Lentil soup is merji shorbasi in Azeri. But Lahmajun is something different. Here’s what it is:

http://www.azcookbook.com/lahmajun-lahmacun-yogurt-drink-ayran/

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:46:08 +0000

what do you call red lentil soup in Azerbaijan? “Lamachum?”

By: FARIDA

FARIDA — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:29:25 +0000

MICHAEL BASH: I leave the lentils whole sometimes too. Both are good. As to your question - they probably mashed it with a potato masher, or fork. Or maybe there used to be a manual blender of some kind.

By: michael bash

michael bash — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:19:05 +0000

I had mercemek carbasi 100 times when I was living in Turkey (66-68). Here in Greece my wife makes the best, but the lentils are whole. Now, in Turkey it was always a puree as in your recipe. Question: 45 years ago there were no food processors (or electricity fore that matter) in rural Turkey. How did they “blitz” it?

By: Soma

Soma — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:10:31 +0000

If there is any cuisine which I could eat everyday, it would be Turkish. Red lentils is the one which i use the most at home.Your soup has a gorgeous color.