1 cup red lentil
1/2 cup fine bulgur
1 middle onion
2 table spoons tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce or paste
2 table spoons olive oil
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried peppermint flakes
6-7 cups water
salt to taste
Peel, wash and mince the onion. Then place it in a saucepan. Add olive oil and sauté. Wash red lentil and add it to the saucepan together with bulgur, tomatoe paste, pepper sauce and salt. Cook them until lentil and bulgur are soft. Let it boil few minutes and then remove from the heat. Pour soup in plates and decorate top with red pepper and peppermint flakes. Serve it hot with bread slices roasted in olive oil.