The soup every family kitchen knows by heart: warm, cheap, and ready before the bread is out of the oven.
Sauté the onion until golden, add the cumin, lentils and water, and simmer until the lentils fall apart.
Blend until smooth, season with salt, and serve with lemon.
I cook by weight whenever I can. Here is what every unit on this site means. The ones used in this recipe are highlighted.
| Unit | Short | Equals | In real life |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gram in this recipe | g | 1/1000 kg · 28 g ≈ 1 oz | A paperclip weighs about 1 g |
| Kilogram | kg | 1000 g ≈ 2.2 lb | A bag of sugar |
| Millilitre | ml | 1/1000 l · 1 ml of water = 1 g | A fifth of a teaspoon |
| Litre in this recipe | l | 1000 ml ≈ 4¼ cups | A large water bottle |
| Teaspoon in this recipe | tsp | 5 ml | A level measuring spoon, not the one you stir tea with |
| Tablespoon | tbsp | 3 tsp = 15 ml | A level soup spoon |
| Cup in this recipe | cup | 240 ml (US) · 16 tbsp | Weight depends on what's in it: 1 cup flour ≈ 120 g |
| Piece in this recipe | pc | One whole item | One egg, one onion, one clove: medium unless I say otherwise |
| Pinch | pinch | ≈ 1/16 tsp | What fits between thumb and finger |