Make your own Turkish lentil soup

Throughout Ramadan, CBC Radio'sAll In A Day is sharing iftar dishes the plates served to break the daily fast along with traditions from localrestaurants.

This week, Fatima Omar of Pita Bell Kabab on Carling Avenue sharedtheir recipe for Turkish lentil soup, a dish her family serves just about every night during Ramadan.

Turkish Lentil Soup

Ingredients:

• 3 litres of water
• 3 cups lentils
• cup rice
• cup olive oil
• 1 tbsp. salt
• 1 tbsp. mint
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• 2tbsp. crushed red peppers
• 1 tbsp. pepper paste
• 6 cloves of garlic
• 2 onions

Directions: Start off by bringing thewater to a boil in a large pot.Wash the rice and add it tothe water. As itstarts to boil, add the lentils and let them cook until soft. Then, add the pepper paste and salt. In a separate pan, fry the onions and garlic until they're lightlybrowned.Add the mint, the black pepper, and thecrushed red pepper into the onion mixture and fry for two more minutes. Add the onion mixture to the pot. Cook everything for 10 minutes and thenblend it all together. Serves eight people.