HOTCHULHA

Ingredients:

• Leeks    – 2 cups
• Carrots    – 2 cups
• Onion    – 2 Cups
• Cerely    – 2 cups
• Green Lentils    – 1/2 Cup
• Garlic    – 2 cloves(cut thinly)
• Thyme leaves    – 1 spoon
• Fresh Cumin Powder    – 1/2 Spoon
• Fire roasted Tomato Can    – 14 ounce
• Olive oil – 4 Tablespoons
• Salt & Pepper – to the taste
• Red Chillie Powder – 1/2 Tea spoon
• Small size Pasta – 1/4 Cup.

Method:

1. First wash the green lentils and let it soak in warm water.
2. Puree the fire roasted tomato & keep it aside.
3. Cut all the vegetables into small pieces.
4. In a heavy bottom pan, put olive oil and bring it to heat.
5. Add leeks, onion, salt, pepper, cumin powder, thyme leaves, garlic and fry them for 2 minutes.
   and then put the carrot, Celery and tomato puree, red chillie powder.
6. Add 4 cups of water and let it come to one boil.
7. Now put the lentils and let it cook for 30 minutes on medium heat.
8. With a stick blender, blend the lentils couple of times.
9. Add the small pasta and cook it for another 15 minutes and take it off from the heat.

Serve it with sourdough bread or any kind of bread you like.