Lentils and Dumplings Soup

Recipe Description

This delicious and healthy lentil soup was brought to Trinidad by the Syrian/Lebanese Community.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups lentils
  • 2 large onions
  • 2 ounces butter
  • 10 cups water
  • 3 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
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  • 1 cup flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 ounces water
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

  1. Boil two cups lentils in ten cups water for forty minutes or until soft. Add three teaspoons salt and one teaspoon black pepper to water.
  2. While lentils are boiling, peel and dice two large onions and fry/sauté with two ounces butter in a large saucepan until golden brown, then add to boiling lentils.
  3. Knead one cup flour, two ounces water and two tablespoons of olive oil.
  4. Pinch off and roll into quarter inch dumplings and throw into boiling soup.
  5. Boil for ten more minutes and voila.
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