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Mercimek Köftesi (Turkish Red Lentil and Bulgur Rolls)

Name: Mercimek Köftesi (Turkish Red Lentil and Bulgur Rolls)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 95 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Türkiye
Ingredients: red lentils 200 g; fine bulgur 200 g; yellow onion, finely chopped 100 g; tomato paste 30 g; red pepper paste (biber salçası) 20 g; flat-leaf parsley, chopped 30 g; fresh mint, chopped 8 g; green onions, chopped 30 g; ground cumin 4 g; red pepper flakes 4 g; fine salt 6 g; lemon juice 20 ml; olive oil 30 ml; lettuce leaves, to serve 8 pieces

Soft bulgur and red lentil patties seasoned with herbs and spices, served cold with lettuce.

120 minutes · 6 servings · Moderate

Lentil and bulgur patties stand in for meat on the fasting tables, so the mixture is rolled and shaped by hand into small ovals. Take them out of the pan slightly underdone, since they firm as they cool, and steam them gently rather than browning them hard. They are laid on lettuce and eaten cold with lemon.

Ingredients

red lentils200 g
fine bulgur200 g
yellow onion, finely chopped100 g
tomato paste30 g
red pepper paste (biber salçası)20 g
flat-leaf parsley, chopped30 g
fresh mint, chopped8 g
green onions, chopped30 g
ground cumin4 g
red pepper flakes4 g
fine salt6 g
lemon juice20 ml
olive oil30 ml
lettuce leaves, to serve8 pieces

Directions

1
Simmer lentils in 600 ml water 25 minutes until very soft; drain any excess.
lentils break down easily
2
Stir bulgur into hot lentils; cover 15 minutes to hydrate.
3
Sauté onion in oil 5 minutes; add tomato paste and pepper paste; cook 3 minutes.
4
Combine bulgur-lentil mix with aromatics, herbs, green onions, spices, salt and lemon juice.
5
Wet hands and form into 4 cm oblong patties.
6
Chill 30 minutes; serve on lettuce leaves.

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