How to Make Lentil Soup with Mutton – Mediterranean way

This soup has a rich taste, spicy and flavorful. Lentil soups are good for digestion, they heat well, sending heat waves through the body which makes them ideal for cold seasons. If you are a vegetarian or keep to a diet, you can make a tasty lentil soup without meat.

Ingredients for Lentil Soup with Mutton

• 1.2 lb mutton or  lamb
• a glassful of dark lentil
• 1 zucchini
• 1 carrot
• 6-7 cherry tomatoes
• 0.2 lb grated tomatoes (puree)
• 1 onion
• 1 tablespoon salted capers
• 5 cloves garlic
• grated parsley: 2-3 tablespoon
• dried basil, oregano, black pepper, salt: to taste
• 3-4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4.2 pt or 8 glasses water

Recipe for Lentil Soup with Mutton

1. Let lentil soak for several hours, then wash and boil until it’s half ready.
2. Cut mutton up into smallish pieces and fry them a little.
3. Pour water into a pan, put in meat and lentil and boil on low heat for about 20 minutes.
4. Meanwhile cut all the vegetables into small cubes. Fry onion first on a frying pan in olive oil, then add carrot, zucchini and in another 3 minutes add tomatoes. Fry for 3 minutes more.
5. Put the fried vegetables, tomato puree, capers, basil and oregano into the broth with meat and lentil.
6. Boil for about 10 minutes on low heat; at the end add chopped parsley and garlic and turn off the heat at once.
7. Let the soup come to for about 15 minutes and serve.