Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Vegetable Soup (Sebze Corbasi)

2/3 cup tomato, petite diced
1 Tbsp tomato paste
1 onion, chopped
3 Tbsp olive oil
1 cup leek, chopped
2 carrots, sliced round
1 green pepper, chopped
1 cup lima beans
1 potato, cubed
2 cloves of garlic, minced
½ cup orzo/small pasta shells
1 Tbsp salt to taste
4 cups hot water
Dried mint for top

Place chopped onion, garlic and olive oil in a pot. Saute over medium heat and stir in tomato paste. Saute for additional 2 minutes. Then, stir in pepper, leek, lima beans, carrot and potatoes respectively. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add salt and tomatoes. Then, stir in hot water and bring to a boil. Add orzo/small type pasta and cook for about 20-30 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked. Sprinkle with dried mint on top if desired.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
2/3 su bardagi domates, kucuk dogranmis
1 yemek kasigi domates salcasi
1 sogan, dogranmis
3 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
1 su bardagi pirasa, dogranmis
2 havuc, yuvarlak dogranmis
1 yesil biber, dogranmis
1 su bardagi bakla ici
1 patates, kup seklinde dogranmis
2 dis sarimsak, ezilmis
½ su bardagi arpa sehriye/kucuk midye makarna
1 yemek kasigi tuz
4 su bardagi sicak su
Uzeri icin kuru nane

Dogranmis sogani ve sarimsagi genis bir tencereye alin ve zeytinyaginda kavurun. Domates salcasini ilave edin ve iki dakika kadar daha kavurun. Sonra sirayla; biber, pirasa, bakla ici, havuc ve patatesleri ilave edin. Yaklasik 5 dakika kadar kavurun ve domates ve tuzu ilave edin. Sicak suyu ekleyin ve kaynamasini bekleyin. Kaynamaya baslayinca, arpa sehriye/kucuk midye makarnayi ilave edin. Yaklasik 20-30 dakika kadar kapagi kapali olarak kisik ateste pisirin. Sehriyeler ve sebzeler yumusayinca altini kapatin. Arzuya gore uzerine nane serperek sicak servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

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