Persian cooking: recipes · Snacks, sides & street food
Adasi عدسی
Simple lentil stew with onion, potato and cumin, popular for breakfast with bread.
Ingredients
- 375 g brown or green lentils
- 1½ onions
- 1½ waxy potatoes
- 1½ tsp turmeric
- 1½ tsp cumin
- 4½ tbsp oil
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- salt (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
Method
- Boil the lentils with 1 l water and turmeric for 20 minutes.
- Add the diced potato and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Fry the onion golden in oil and add to the lentils with the cumin. Season.
- Serve with lemon juice and bread.