Red Lentils aromatic soup

Red Lentils aromatic soup

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups red lentils
4 cups water
1 medium onion thinly sliced
3 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp dry powered ginger
3-4 tbsps olive oil
1 1/2 tsps powdered cumin
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp hot paprika
2-3 garlic cloved thinly sliced
1 lemon juice
fresh coriander or parsley leaves

Preparation:
In a cooking pot we put the water, the onion, the garlic, the tomato paste, the cumin, the turmrmeric and the paprikas and the gingerl to boil.  When onion is cooked and soft we add the lentils and we let get a strong boil.  Then, we turn the heat to low and let the lentils cook.  They will be ready really quickly and they will be soft and mushy.  We take off the heat and add the olive oil and thee lemon juice.  We stir well and we serve sprinkled with coriander or parsley leaves.

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