Tlokhe Syrian Lentil Noodle Soup
"There is a tradition to use a wooden spoon in Syrian culture - if you don’t, the story goes that the lentils in your soup won’t cook. They are calling it Assyrian, she used broken up ramen. A good pantry dish for when your broke. It is vegan but could bump up with stock if you have it."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (450.6 g)
- Calories 408.8
- Total Fat - 11.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.6 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 670.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 64.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 18.3 g
- Sugars - 5.5 g
- Protein - 14.7 g
- Calcium - 75.5 mg
- Iron - 4.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 35.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Dice the onion and carrot and rinse the lentils.
Step 2
Add the olive oil to a large saucepan and gently fry the onion and carrots until the onions are translucent.
Step 3
Then add the lentils and stir using a wooden spoon.
Step 4
Stir in the spices and salt to taste.
Step 5
Add boiling water and noodles, that you have broken up into small pieces stir and leave to simmer on a low heat for half an hour or until the lentils are cooked.
Step 6
Add more water if you prefer a looser soup.
Step 7
Season to taste.
Step 8
Squeeze the lemon into the soup before serving.
Tips
No special items needed.