Comments on: A Taste Of Morocco In Qatar: Lentil Soup At Tagine In Souk Waqif, Doha

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:20:06 +0000

Hi Ayngelina, my mom recommended this recipe in English:

http://www.turkishfoodandrecipes.com/2008/12/red-lentil-soup-kirmizi-mercimek.html

She says the trick is to wash the lentils using a strainer until the water runs clear. Clean lentils apparently will be softer and give the soup more flavor.

Let me know if you end up making some, would love to hear how it went!

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:01:43 +0000

In reply to Hannah. Hi Hannah, I had the camel too just to try it there! I actually didn't think it was too bad, but not sure if it's something I'd seek out to eat again :)

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:50:06 +0000

Hey Anil! I’ve been to Souq Waqif, actually I’ve been to the restaurant you are talking about about 3 years ago. I remember I had some dish with camel…to say the least I wasn’t that impressed! It was really tough and I choked it down just to be able to say I ate camel hehe…but the mint tea was delish 🙂

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:09:09 +0000

In reply to Kim. Just checked out your RTW itinerary looking for Qatar but you’ve got Morocco on there – it will be great for not only lentil soup but so much more…good food destination :)

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:03:51 +0000

In reply to turkey’s for life.

Lentils and chickpeas…amazing what comes out of them. Whoever did invent lentil soup though deserves a statue – in fact, with so many varieties I wonder where it did come from originally. That would make a great book and read for sure…

Oh, and just searched around Turkey’s For Life for this:

http://turkeysforlife.blogspot.com/2010/09/turkish-food-yesil-mercimek-corbasi.html

@Ayngelina: My mom will probably take a few days to drop her recipe here but the more the merrier. That’s how to make green lentil soup, Turkish style 🙂