How to make a delicious lentil soup with meat balls, middle eastern styleشوربه عدس مع كرات اللحم

lentils

🥗Healthier: split peas

💰Cheaper: dried beans

Split peas are often more nutritious and dried beans can be less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil offers health benefits while canola oil is budget-friendly.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade stock

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Homemade stock is healthier, while using water with seasoning is economical.

parsley

🥗Healthier: cilantro

💰Cheaper: spinach

Cilantro adds freshness, and spinach is a cost-effective green.

Roughly chop 1 tomato, 1 onion, 2 carrots, and 1 garlic clove.

Fry the chopped vegetables in some olive oil until nicely browned.

Add about 1 cup of red lentils and dissolve a vegetable stock cube in hot water, adding it to the mixture.

Cook until the vegetables become soft and ready to be blended, keeping an eye on it to prevent burning.

Add salt, pepper, and coriander powder; mix well.

Make ball shapes from the mixture and fry them until browned, then set aside.

Blend the soup mixture until smooth, ensuring no lumps remain.

Chop parsley and add it to the blended soup along with some vermicelli.

If the soup is too thick, add more water.

Add the fried meatballs to the soup and mix well.

Taste for salt and serve hot with a squeeze of lemon.

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