You will need:

1 mug of lentils, 1 medium potato, 2 bouillon cubes, 1 medium onion, 3 cloves garlic, 3 small carrots, 2 small tomatoes, high quality extra virgin olive oil ( I use Mina), Greek Mesteka (Greek Mastic), 1 tbsp of cumin

Instructions:

• Heat some good quality olive oil
• Add chopped onion
• Add cut up carrots
• Add cut up potato
• Add lentils
• Mix and sauté everything together for a couple minutes
• Add 2 bouillon cubes
• Add hot water, about 6 cups
• Stir and bring it to a boil
• Lower the heat, cover and let it simmer for about 30 minutes
• Stirring occasionally so lentils don’t stick to the bottom of the pot, until all potatoes and carrots are fork tender and lentils are cooked
• Purée soup
• Season with salt
• Black pepper
• 1 table spoon of cumin
• In a separate saucepan, melt 2 tbsps of butter and add Greek Mesteka (Greek Mastic)
• Wait until the mesteka has dissolved in the hot butter and the mixture becomes bubbly
• Once it does, add it to the soup
• Mix until well combined and soup is heated through, you can dilute the soup with hot water if needed.