Comments on: Turkish Red Lentil Soup (Mercimek Çorbasi)

By: trini

trini — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:45:55 +0000

tried it twice and loved it…I did not use fresh parsely and still came out great!

By: Tasneem

Tasneem — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:38:00 +0000

I appreciate this recipe. I made it today and enjoyed it very much and so did my husband.

I would like a green lentil recipe, the kind that Sheikh Nazim would eat. Insha’Allah.

By: Atro

Atro — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:04:36 +0000

guys, I cant find bulgur in this shithole, anyone knows how to make it, or any substitutes for it?

By: faatih

faatih — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:25:14 +0000

I love this stuff.

Sheesh tawuk too.

By: Romer!can

Romer!can — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:48:12 +0000

Also, is it not common to use a blender (or a otherwise masher) to make a smoother non-chunky soup? Every restaurant in Turkey and every Turkish restaurant in Europe or America all seem to use a blender, so the resulting soup is a very smooth texture with no chunks of anything. Your experience? Thanks.

By: Saifuddin

Saifuddin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:57:49 +0000

BismillaharRahmanirRahim

selam alaykum! thank you for stopping by Sheree! You are always welcome here. And Ramazan Mubarak to you.

-Saifuddin

By: Sheree

Sheree — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:33:06 +0000

I am so grateful for your website, thank you thank you! My husband is Turkish and this is our first Ramazan together. I’m doing my best to learn a lifetime of my husband’s way of life in a short period time. When I found your blog I was so incredibly happy and it is truly a blessing. I will learn much on here. Take care and many blessings to you and your loved ones during this sacred time of Ramazan.

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By: Aaminah

Aaminah — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:25:38 +0000

Asalaamu alaikum.

Shukran for the info. I will let you know how it goes, though we have had to postpone until the weekend, inshaAllah.

By: Saifuddin

Saifuddin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:13:46 +0000

BismillaharRahmanirRahim wa 'alaikum as-salaamu ladies. Please let us know how the soup turns out and perhaps some of the changes you made. Aaminah you wrote,

"I want to make a good impression and relate this to her in relation to the Shaykh"

What you can tell her is that, 'Maulana Shaykh Nazim and Shaykh Abdul Kerim Hazretleri eat green lentil soup similar to this when they are in spiritual seclusion (khalwat)'. It softens the heart and promotes energy for worship (zikrullah). -Saifuddin

By: Aaminah

Aaminah — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:54:55 +0000

Asalaamu alaikum.

I meant to ask you what kind of bread this soup is traditionally served with? I am making the soup in my new Eid-gift-from-Mom crock pot this Wednesday inshaAllah. My mom is coming over to my new(er) apt for the first time to have this for dinner. I want to make a good impression and relate this to her in relation to the Shaykh inshaAllah too…