Faki

Faki

Red or puy lentils can be substituted for the green ones used in this soup.

Ingredients:
1 cup green lentils
5 tbsp olive oil
3 finely chopped onions
2 thinly sliced cloves of garlic
2 tsp crushed cumin seeds
¼ tsp ground tumeric
1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
salt
freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander for garnishing
warm bread, to serve

Procedure:
1. In a saucepan, put the lentils covered with cold water. Boil rapidly for 10 minutes. Drain.
2. Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a pan and fry two of the onions with the garlic, cumin and turmeric. Stir for 3 minutes. Add the lentils, stock and 1/2 cup of water. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes, until the lentils are soft.
3. In the remaining oil, fry the third onion until golden. Lightly mash the lentils to make the soup pulpy.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir the fresh coriander into the fried onions and scatter over the soup. Serve (with bread or rice).

Serves 6