Traditional red lentil soup (Shorbat adas) from Sumac: Recipes and Stories from Syria (page 116) by Anas Atassi

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    Can substitute vegetable stock for chicken stock.

  • alysekstokes on March 12, 2026

    This is a warming and nourishing lentil soup. The generous amount of spice and lemon really elevate this. Definitely don’t skip the nigella seeds and sumac on top; they nigella beautifully echoes the onions in the soup and the sumac brings a layer of complexity to the lemon notes.

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