Red lentil Kibbeh (kofta)

Hi guys! today I have and easy and healthy recipe you will love during summer. Kibbeh is a dish from the middle eastern cuisine, they are traditionally made with minced meat onion and bulgur, but they can also be made with legumes, so I though I could use red lentils, but of course if you can't find them use another type of lentils.

Ingredients

• 1 Cup of red lentils
• 1 medium size onion 
• A bunch of parsley
• 3/4 Cup of fine bulgur 
• 1/2 Tsp pepper paste 
• 1/2 Tsp paprika
• 1/2 Tbsp ground cumin
• 2 +1/4 Cups of water 
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• Salt to taste

Process

• First we are going to wash the red lentils, rub the lentils gently with your hands and then discard the water, repeat this process six to seven times until the water comes clear. 
• Once the lentils are clean put them in a pot and add the water and cook them for 20 minutes. 
• While the lentils cook, prepare the onion and the parsley, chop them and sauté them with olive oil in a saucepan until the onion is translucent.
• By this time the lentils should be cooked, now lets add the spices, the paprika, the cumin powder and the pepper paste, mix everything together and add the bulgur, ad some salt to taste and mix.
• Finally add the onion and parsley and mix very well and let the mixture rest for 40 minutes so the bulgur gets well soaked.
• After that time shape the kibbehs to its traditional shape, if it's too difficult, just make balls, and that's it if you want you can also deep fry them, but they are really good just like that.
• Serve together with a lettuce, tomato, chopped parsley, green pepper and cucumber salad, for the dressing use lemon juice, olive oil and salt.