There are some recipes that don’t need a long list of ingredients to be comforting and erişte çorbası is exactly that kind of food. This simple Turkish soup combines earthy lentils with tomato paste, pul biber and erişte; traditional Turkish noodles that turn a simple broth into something hearty enough for a proper meal. It’s warm, slightly spicy and exactly the kind of soup you'd want for both fall/autumn and winter.

Some soups are light, some are fancy and then... There's THIS soup: thick, creamy & super filling. This traditional-style wheat and green lentil soup gets its creaminess from a yogurt "terbiye" (a creamy mixture) and its magic touch from a buttery mint-chili drizzle spooned over the top.

The Black Sea region in Türkiye is best known for fish.. but not this soup! 👀 This is "Nohutlu Ispanak Çorbası" and it's basically spinach and chickpeas cooked in a broth...

Meet "dört kaşık çorbası" aka "four spoon soup". Because all you need is one spoon each of green lentils, red lentils, rice & wheat (or bulgur). This is the type of recipe that's born in village kitchens..

If you're looking for something new to try in the kitchen, let me introduce you to this deliciouussss okra soup. This version is a meatless, or etsiz bamya çorbası, and it's everything a comfy, cozy soup has to be. Okra itself has a quite a journey too.

This Turkish soup is so rich & full of flavour, it'll blow your mind - Arabaşı çorbası from Central Anatolia