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My Verizon Of Ezogelin (Turkish Red Lentil Soup)

Actually I was going through my pins again on Pinterest and decided to try this yummy soup. This is the second time I made it. The first time I made this I said to myself that I am going to write a post about this soup the very next time I make it, so I am doing so right now. The orginal recipes calls for both bulgar wheat and rice but on both occations I never added rice to either. I am not a big fan of eating two or more items that has a lot of carbs in it.

I will give you a prime example like burgers or hotdogs with French fries. This is guarenteed to give any diabetec including myself a big huge spike in glucose levels and not at all worth it. Rice also is not anything a diabetic is suposed to eat.

This is now I make my ezogelin and it is wonderful. I eat either sucuk or another type of Turkish sausage with it and that is it. I do not eat pide with it either because it will also give me a huge spike in my glucose levels which I am trying to avoid. However I am struggling by maintaining healthy glucose levels by making sure my diabetes is under control. Pide is a Turkish bread and it is really like a Turkish pizza. We will do a pide recipe one day Inshallah.

For my ezogelin I made it in my instant pot. First I made my Pepper Paste before I got started. I soaked 1/2 cup of masoor ki dal (red lentils) and 1/4 cup of bulgar after I rinsed it to remove some of the starch from especially the lentils. The orginal recipe when I double checked mentioned rice but I did not add at all. For obvious reasons that I kept it out of my version of this yummy soup. For those that want the rice in it then go ahead and add 4 tbs of either long or short grain rice and make sure it isn’t milky that the water is clear when you wash the rice if using. For me this is not an ingredient that I would bother adding so therefore I did not add.

On sautè function add 1/4 cup of either olive, grapeseed or sunflower oil, 5 cloves of garlic,1 onion or shallot 1 tomato chopped, In mortar and pestle add 1 pinch of any color of peppercorns. I added the mixed one. There are pink, black green, white and mixed. This recipe calls for bullion only so add only 1 bullion cube to crush or simply use the bullion powder, 3 dashes of maggi or knorr aroma, 1 pinch each of oregano, red chili powder, paprika, mint, either 2 pats of butter or 1 tsp of butter ghee, 2 capfuls of lemon juice, 1/2 gallon or 2 liters of water.

Press cancel and then place the pressure cook lid on the instant pot or other multi functional cookers. Select pressure cook on high and set time for 15 minutes, place steam valve deverter on top and mine is pointed at my kitchen sink always and press the rapid release button. When all of the pressure is gone then it is safe to open the instant pot. The consistancy should look like what is in this picture. The pictue is the featured image for this very post. Also vegetarians and vegans can use vegetable bullion or other types that is suitable for vegans. I hope you will enjoy this very much.

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