A Konya Classic: Tandoor Soup

Tandoor Soup is a nutritious and filling soup made with grains, legumes, and meat. It is one of Konya's most famous soups. It gets its name from being cooked in a tandoor.

Tandoor Soup is a traditional Turkish soup that is typically cooked in a tandoor, a type of clay oven. However, it is now more commonly cooked on the stove or in the oven.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of green lentils

• 1 cup of chickpeas

• 1 cup of dried beans

• 2 tablespoons of butter

• 2 tablespoons roasted minced meat                    

• 2 onions

• 1 cup of fine bulgur

• 1 tablespoon of tomato paste

• 8 cups of broth                        

• 1 dessertspoon of red pepper

• 1 dessertspoon of black pepper                        

• 1 dessertspoon of salt

Recipe

• Soak lentils, chickpeas and beans in the water overnight. In the casserole, fry the onion with oil until it turns yellow. Add the bulgur, then the tomato paste and stir. 

• Add lentils, chickpeas, beans and broth.

• Then add the peppers and keep the lid closed until it boils and cook over low heat.

• Cook for about an hour until beans and chickpeas are tender. After adding the salt, cook for another ten minutes and take it off the stove. 

• Let rest for 15/20 minutes and serve.