Greek Lentil Soup (Fake)
50 minutes
This is a very simple dish I learnt from my yia yia, it is an old Greek peasant style dish and is extremely tasty.
7 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 2 cups brown or green lentils
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 medium sized onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 medium sized carrots, diced
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 6 cups water
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:50min
- Wash lentils and drain.
- Put lentils, bay leaves, onion, garlic, oil, carrots, salt and pepper in a large pot with the water and turn on medium high until starts to simmer.
- Once it starts to simmer turn down to low medium for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Once you have waited the 40 minutes test lentils to see if cooked, if cooked take off heat, if not cooked leave on for a further 10 minutes.
- Once cooked take off heat and add vinegar.
Tip
Serve with crusty bread and Greek salad.
